Do antidepressants really cause hair loss?

[akai]

Good post above. Yeah, it is pretty crazy. Two years ago, I walked into a psychiatrist's office for the first time and walked out with a prescription for an SSRI, anti-anxiety med, and Ambien.

That is quite the ****tail. I'm guessing the anti-anxiety med was a benzodiazepine. Be very, very careful with those. After I quit my SSRI I took Klonopin for anxiety for 6 months. I was on the lowest dose and prescribed to take it 3 times per day. I took it once before bed and rarely ever twice a day. Once I realized the long-term side effects involved I quit the drug. Everything was fine until two weeks later and I was hit with hellish withdrawal symptoms for a good three weeks. Some people can have these symptoms for years and some can die from the withdrawal if they're on high doses. After a little research online I found out that it's basically universally agreed that this is the worst type of drug to withdrawal from. Never again. I could only imagine what it'd be like getting off the ****tail you were prescribed if you were to take it for a prolonged period of time. It's scary how easily doctors will shell out serious meds like this to someone after a simple evaluation.