TY - JOUR T1 - Withdrawing from SSRI antidepressants: advice for primary care JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 156 LP - 156 DO - 10.3399/bjgp23X732345 VL - 73 IS - 729 AU - Cathy Wield Y1 - 2023/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/73/729/156.2.abstract N2 - I am so glad that this article has been published.1 For some years I was saddled with a poor prognosis, told that I had a recurrent depressive disorder, and advised to take antidepressants for life. As I became more confident after the crisis had passed, returned to work, and was completely well, the side effect burden became too much. I did not know anything about tapering or that ‘withdrawal’ was … ER -