Hello,
I found your video on how SSRI’s work very helpful. I am doing some personal research as I am trying now to taper off my antidepressant but my own GP here in the UK seems to want to get appointments done very quickly and doesn’t give me a lot of answers.
So from the video I know that the SSRI works by blocking the re-absorption of serotonin. So what exactly happens then once you start tapering off an SSRI? That blockage becomes unblocked and the seretonin begins to be re-absorbeed once more. So herein lies a few questions.
First, how can I be all right again after stopping my SSRI if I don’t have all the seretonin being blocked by the SSRI. Does your body start producing more?
One of the terrible things about tapering off an antidepressant, especially an SSRI is the symptoms that come from adjustment. I believe these adjustments are caused by low levels of seretonin since your body is re-adjusting. So would it be helpful at this point to aid the transition by taking seretonin tablets? (They are available here in pharmacies).
