withdrawal symptoms

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1. A wide range of physical or emotional disorders, including nervousness, headaches, and insomnia, that occur when an individual who is addicted to a substance (such as drugs or alcohol) stops using the substance.

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withdrawal symptoms

The researchers also found no withdrawal symptoms after participants stopped taking the evening doses at the end of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

What’s confusing is that people who stop taking antidepressants can experience flulike withdrawal symptoms as the body adjusts to the absence of the medication, says Lenze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

Official health guidance is to reduce the dose of antidepressant medication in stages over time, rather than stopping it suddenly or missing doses, which could lead to withdrawal symptoms.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

It can take weeks to find the right dose for a mental health patient and stopping medication suddenly can cause withdrawal symptoms, Clark said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

If so, she surmised, Hilda's mood was a combination of hormonal imbalances and withdrawal symptoms from dopamine not arriving in the pleasure receptors of her brain in quantities commensurate with that earlier experience.

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