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Withdrawal symptoms following long-term SSRI use appear far more serious than we thought, finds Mike Mariani AS AN overworked medical school student, Mark Horowitz started taking an antidepressant 20 years ago to lessen his gnawing anxiety about his future. The pill, escitalopram, helped, and he didn’t give it much thought as he took the medication every day for the next 10 years. He decided to stop after reading an article suggesting antidepressants’ effects tend to wear off over time, and tapered his dose carefully over several months. Even so, he says, his life “exploded”. He started having panic attacks, terror, dizziness and insomnia. His surroundings felt “dreamlike”, like he were losing touch with reality. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第271卷 第3610期 · 2026年8月29日。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。