Hi! I've done some reading about getting off antidepressant drugs and found something I'd like to share. It's from a book called "The Antidepressant Solution : A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and "Addiction"" and one can read exerpts from it at amazon.com. I'm sure this author's opinion is not everyone's, but i found it interesting and helpful when dealing with withdrawal symptoms myself.

read on: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0743...49#reader-page

"doctors and patients who are unaware of antidepressant withdrawal can mistake the symptoms for a return of the patients' original psychiatric conditoin", and "antidepressant withdrawal symptoms typically appear suddenly within days or weeks of lowering the dose. By contrast, when relapse occurs -a return of the patien's original psychiatric condition - it typically takes one to two months or more to slowly develop"

Take care, Em