The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs | The New Yorker

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Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?

Save this story Save this story Laura Delano recognized that she was “excellent at everything, but it didn’t mean anything,” her doctor wrote. She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, one of the wealthiest communities in the country. Her father is related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and her mother was introduced to society at a débutante ball at the Waldorf-Astoria. In eighth grade, in 1996, Laura was the class president—she ran on a platform of planting daffodils on the school’s grounds—and among the best squash players in the country. She was one of those rare proportional adolescents with a

The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs | The New Yorker

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