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97Weaning Off Cymbalta: What The Doctors Don't Tell You
I am writing this Hub to help make people aware of what happens when you want to start getting off the anti-depressant, Cymbalta. Sure, the drug worked wonders during my bout with depression. After one year, things have gotten lot better for me...
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94Parenting a Teen with OCD
If you are new to this hub, please continue down for more information on OCD. For those of you following this hub I have an update, and great news. My daughter just turned 18 and is now doing very well. She still has OCD, and always will, but she...
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90Depression: The Bell Jar
From the time I was a small child, I experienced bouts of depression, "the plague" I've always thought of it as. When I was a child, those dark days were worse than any boogey-man. I have left most of it behind after a lot of hard work, but I think it's important to talk about it and perhaps help another person start the journey back into the light and out of the gloom and sadness of depression.
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90Sleep for Painful Fibromyalgia Using 5HTP
Everyone with Fibromyalgia has a sleep disorder and so deep sleep is the key to getting better. SSRIs do not provide the serotonin that Fibromyalgia patients need. Here are the reasons why and how an amino acid, 5HTP, has helped many of them begin to start sleeping well again and restoring their broken down body systems.
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89Antidepressant Medications And Their Side-Effects.
All medications including the prescription drug class of antidepressants can often cause undesirable and sometimes fatal side-effects. Relying on information and feedback from your doctor may not always be enought. That is why it is important to avoid trial and error if at all possible and educate yourself about the particular antidepressant you are taking, in order to be aware of potential side-effects that could be of serious concern.
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85How to stop taking Zoloft, Taper off or Cold Turkey?
If you are trying to taper off Zoloft, or quit cold turkey and having side effects/withdrawals you are not alone. To stop taking Zoloft is not always easy...
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84Anti-depressant drugs: 10 things you should know
Anti-depressants are less effective than commonly claimed by doctors and drug-companies. Despite this, anti-depressant drugs are prescribed for millions of people across the developed world. Ten snippets of information are provided to convey a more realistic picture of their utility.
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8110 Things You Can Do to Beat Anxiety and Panic
Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Panic Disorder usually hit a person out of the blue, although the root-cause of the problem may be older, such as a familial tendency, a long...
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81Herbal Alternatives - Sleep Aids
It's no secret that we live in stressful times and because of that, many people are finding it harder and harder to get a restful night of sleep. Everyday worries get tucked into bed with us so between...
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79Depression is not Simply a “Chemical Imbalance” – A Personal Story about Dealing with Depression
I have suffered from Clinical Depression; in fact my life was controlled by this mental illness for over two years. Like many sufferers, I was told by my Doctor that it was down to a chemical imbalance in my brain and prescribed SSRI medication...
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