#antidepressants

#antidepressants

The day I was originally supposed to write about the connection between chronic pain and antidepressants, my hands and wrists hurt so much, I couldn't type for longer than a few minutes at a time. Ah, the irony. Thankfully, the pain mostly retreated over the course of a weekend. In the past, I've had to take time off work for weeks as typing, or any activity that involved using my hands, became nigh impossible.

Unlike a linear taper that reduces medication by the same amount, a hyperbolic taper gradually slows the rate of reduction, resulting in very small and spaced-out doses.

Many patients end up "parked" on antidepressant meds, but a new microdosing service aims to provide safer, guided ways to taper off these medications.