DR MAX: Here are the ways to come off anti-depressants safely

Antidepressants save lives. There's no doubt about that. They are an effective treatment for moderate and severe and can be of incredible benefit for people suffering other crippling mental health conditions, such as anxiety and OCD.

As with all medications, however, they can have side effects and don't work for all. But the biggest worry, for me, is that many people are started on them when they don't really need them.

They may have mild depression, or social issues such as relationship difficulties or problems at work that no pill could hope to fix. Yet doctors dish them out thinking that there's no harm in trying them anyway. And that's a problem.

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