SSRI Withdrawal recognized by the UK National Health Service

[Jonno]

I'm not sure if you guys had been told, so I thought I should just in case, but SSRI withdrawal is now recognised by the UK National Health Service.

 

Their web site includes a classification of withdrawal as a very common ( more than 1 person in 10 incidence rate ) side effect of SSRIs. The URL is:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/SSRIs-(selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors)/Pages/Side-effects.aspx

The description is only sparse but at least it is a step in the right direction. My understanding is that W/D has been officially recognised since early 2010 which also means that the NHS should have procedures in place to diagnose and deal with it - I suspect not adequately but again, at least it is a step in the right direction. Edited January 18, 2012 by Altostrata
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[Altostrata]

The system didn't recognize that URL because of the parentheses (I've never seen them in an URL before).

 

Thanks, Jonno. The UK is slightly ahead of the US in advocating patient safety.

[Gem]

Thanks for posting this Jonno, good to know recognition is growing.

[Barbarannamated]

I ran across an excellent video on YOUTUBE by Prof Ashton and she really hit hard on the manipulative use of 'discontinuation' vs 'withdrawal' as a pharma ploy to continue to claim drugs are not 'addictive'

I will try to find -may have been specific to SSRIs

[Hope1]

hi Jonno,i'm really intrested in seeing this info. but couldn't get the link to work. can anyone help? thankyou

[bubbles]

Hope,

 

I googled "NHS ssri withdrawal" and got the same link that was posted. I'll try it again here:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/SSRIs-(selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors)/Pages/Side-effects.aspx

 

Edited to add: I see that my link didn't work either, but if you google those terms you will hopefully find the page.

 

Bye

Bubbles

[bubbles]

There is also this page, http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/869.aspx?CategoryID=73&SubCategoryID=104

 

I'm not very impressed with that page.

 

Bub

[Jonno]

Hi Hope,

 

As Bubbles suggested if you Google you should find it. The web site is called NHS Choices, which also has a search function - if you search for SSRI that should take you to the relevant page.

 

I hope this is ok by the moderators of this site but another good source of info about SSRIs is the UK charity Recovery Road. Their web site URL is http://recovery-road.org/. They have a telephone and e mail help line and can provide general information as well as UK specific info about SSRIs/treatment/withdrawal etc.

 

I hope this helps.

[Altostrata]

Hope,

 

I googled "NHS ssri withdrawal" and got the same link that was posted. I'll try it again here:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/SSRIs-(selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors)/Pages/Side-effects.aspx

 

Edited to add: I see that my link didn't work either, but if you google those terms you will hopefully find the page.

 

Bye

Bubbles

 

Sigh. The forum software doesn't intepret some types of links. The full link is

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/SSRIs-(selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors)/Pag
    es/Side-effects.aspx

This Tinyurl link will take you there.

http://tinyurl.com/7hjamjc

 

Thanks, Jonno, for the link to Recovery Road. We've also got them listed here http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/615-uk-australia-new-zealand-support-services/page__view__findpost__p__9765

[Hope1]

thanks for the link,will get to it. not doing so good- the Tardive Dyskinesia in my face isn't good & tremours in my leg/feet,i feel so twitchy.