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Old Oct 30, 2014, 09:58 AM
AncientMelody AncientMelody is offline
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To the original poster:
that's awesome that you see an integrative physician. I'm fascinated by integrative medicine! Next year I hope to attend the "Integrative Medicine For Mental Health" conference

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Originally Posted by RamblinClementine View Post
Wait, what are psych med's long-term affects? I take 40mg of celexa and am scared to stop it bc I've been severely depressed most of my life.
SSRIs are generally safer long term than many of the other psych meds. Sometimes after very-long term use tardive dyskinesia and other movement disorders can develop. Those types of symptoms are more frequent with early antipsychotics. Atypical antipsychotics tend to cause a lot of metabolic effects with time, weight gain, high blood sugars and cholesterols.

Obviously as with any medical treatment it's a big balance of risks and benefits. Talking to a pharmacist as well as your doctor's not a bad bet. The fact that you're only on one psych med is in your favor.