The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast


A New Strategy for SSRI Withdrawal

July 01, 2019

Withdrawal problems rank among patients’ top concerns with antidepressants. They include insomnia, flu-like symptoms, irritability, distractibility, and unusual sensory experiences such as “brain zaps.” Earlier this year, a study examined clinical and biological research on tapers of serotonergic antidepressants. In this episode we discuss what they found.


Publication Date: 7/1/19
Runtime: 8 mins, 56 seconds
Article Referenced: “A New Proposal for SSRI Withdrawal,” The Carlat Psychiatry Report, June/July 2019 (https://www.thecarlatreport.com/the-carlat-psychiatry-report/a-new-proposal-for-ssri-withdrawal/)