been on seroxat for 10 years

[julieannboo]

is this bad?

as i saw a new doctor the other day and i told her that i had been on them for 10 years and she said that people should only be on them for a year or so.

i am a bit worried now.

[KK77]

I was on it 7 years. I don't think it's bad if it's helping and you'll be surprised how many people are on these meds long-term.

If you want to come off you must do so gradually and under the supervision of a doctor who understands mental health. A psychiatrist is the best person to see.

I don't think your doctor is being very helpful so ask if you can be referred to a specialist.

Good luck.

[andrea thompson]

hi hon

i was on seroxat for 10 years... i had no probs. i too saw a different dr and she said i should come off them i tried to reduce them but fealt terrible. i spoke to another dr who said not to worry about long term use... i came off seroxat july last year cos i was pregnant. i had a miscarraige in sept and have had post depression. i am now on citalipram and starting to feel better. i really wouldnt worry about long term use - but if you do want to reduce them - do it really gradually. you can get a liquid form to help reduce super slowly... try that... doit at your own pace and yes ask for some support from a specialist in this field....

you will be fine - what ever you decide to do!

take care

andrea x x

[julieannboo]

thanks!

[popsy]

Ive been on it 10 years too, my psychiatrist told me some people are on it forever some not, everyones different, dont worry about it. If you had high blood pressure you wouldnt stop taking that med would you, some GP's really dont get us anx sufferers!

[gemchanel]

Do any of you that take seroxat have cravings???

[gabbyevs]

i was on it for 10 years didnt do any harm but i think i become immune to it as it wasnt working aswell

i wouldnt worry about long term effects

[Kerry B]

I was on them for 15 years and as Gabbyevs says they stopped working for me and I had to change to another anti depressant

[bethp]

I have been on saroxat for 13 years, i have tried to come off this drug many a time an had no luck doing so. When i was first put on saroxat it helped me alot, i suffered depression, panic attacks an OCD an it calmed it down alot an i started to live a little again. I became pregnant with my second child an was told it would be safe through my pregnancy which i didn't have no problems with, when i had my baby girl i was told it would be safe to breast feed so i carried on, until she wouldn't wake up an was i some kind of deep sleep 4 a long time, in hospital they advised me to keep on breastfeeding. Luckly i knew a nurse who was working on the ward ad told me to stop breastfeeding as with me taking saroxat it was going to my baby through my breast milk, althrough the doctors told me to carry on breastfeeding i stopped it straight away an so lucky she came round a couple of hours after an was totally better with normal baby milk, i felt as if they were going to experiment on my baby an was felt really let down. I was told that saroxat was a wonder drug an helped so many an was easy to come off but i am still on saroxat an feel i cant ever get off this drug, i find it hard to trust doctors an still suffer with anxiety an depression off an on, wen i get depressed sometimes i feel suicidal. i would love to come off saroxat as it scares me about the long term of being on these tablets an dont want to be taking them for the rest of my life but i cant deal with the side effects an its not fair on my children to see me come off these tablets! i cannot drink alchohol as i am sick with headaches 4 at least two days after I would love to hear from anyone who has been taking saroxat 4 a long period of time an if they came off this and how?? I would just like to warn ppl please dont breastfeed on these tablets no matter what doctors say!!

[randomworry]

i just read the comment about people being on high blood pressure taking meds so we anxious people should. unfortunately the truth is we dont know if we need more seratonin or not we are just guessing because we feel depressed.