Some Predictions About the Future of “Withdrawal Studies”

What we talk about when we talk about antidepressant withdrawal

Some Predictions About the Future of “Withdrawal Studies” What we talk about when we talk about antidepressant withdrawal Awais Aftab Jun 13, 2026 50 10 13 Share In communities organized around antidepressant withdrawal and the broader iatrogenic harm and the deprescribing ecosystem, the term “withdrawal” has acquired an extraordinary breadth and scope. It’s an instance of concept creep on steroids. The term now gets used for a week of brain zaps after stopping paroxetine all the way to years of fatigue and cognitive fog attributed to a drug discontinued long ago. Acute antidepressant withdraw

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