The extent to which antidepressants cause withdrawal symptoms, if at all, has long been a contentious issue
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Antidepressants are one of the most commonly taken medications in high-income countries – and are among the most controversial. Just 10 years ago, some doctors may have doubted that antidepressant withdrawal symptoms happen very much at all. Now, a study has found that these reactions occur in as many as 1 in 3 people who stop taking the medicines, although they may not always be what they seem.
Most antidepressants used today belong to a…