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Anyone who tells you anti-depressants are not habit forming is a rep for a pharma co. that has not been sued to change their stance on that statement yet.

• DanBC 11y ago
  Habit forming - addiction - tends to include tolerance (doesn't exist for anti depressants), pre-occupation (doesn't exist), drug seeking and holding (doesn't exist). There are problems with anti depressants being over prescribed and misprescribed to people who should have had a talking therapy, and they are difficult for some people to stop, but calling them hanit forming is incorrect.
  • Tiksi 11y ago
    Wouldn't the withdrawls qualify them as habit forming? Calling them extremely addicting would probably be inaccurate, but "There's a good chance you'll feel awful if you stop taking this" seems like it may encourage forming a habit. Apparently there may be tolerance for antidepressants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant_treatment_tachyphylaxis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant_treatment_tachy... >ADT tachyphylaxis incorporates drug sensitivity as a potential causal factor for the decreased response. However, tolerance provides a more accurate explanation. While the exact cause of ADT tachyphylaxis in individual cases is unknown, drug tolerance is a more comprehensive model, as it includes mechanisms of pharmacodynamic tolerance, metabolic tolerance, and others.[7]
    • GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
      There is a difference between 'addiction' and 'physical dependence'. See: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/teaching-packets/neurobiology-drug-addiction/section-iii-action-heroin-morphine/10-addiction-vs-dependence https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/teaching-packets/neur...
      • Tiksi 11y ago
        Sure, but 'habit forming' is a lower bar to cross than either.
  • pc2g4d 11y ago
    You're right, probably "addictive" was the wrong word. "Physical dependency forming" perhaps is better.