Whedon, 2013 Challenges of withdrawal from chronic antidepressant medication: a healing odyssey.

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Case report of difficulty of withdrawal from chronic antidepressant medication.

 

Explore (NY). 2013 Mar;9(2):108-11. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2012.12.003.

Challenges of withdrawal from chronic antidepressant medication: a healing odyssey.

Whedon JM, Rugo NA, Lux K.

 

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The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH. Electronic address: james.m.whedon at dartmouth.edu.

 

Abstract at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23452714 Full text requested (post link if you have it)

 

We report the case of a woman with posttraumatic stress disorder secondary to childhood sexual assault who attempted withdrawal from long-term use of antidepressant medication and experimented with a plethora of different therapies. The complex case history illustrates the potential difficulty of withdrawal from chronic antidepressant medication and the role of integrative therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Challenges _Whedon.pdf Here's the full text.