Nov 23, 2023
While some people do have longer problems from withdrawal, the majority of individuals who stop either SSRI or benzodiazepines, with appropriate tapering, do not have lingering effects.
https://medium.com/invisible-illness/is-antidepressant-withdrawal-a-big-problem-11a2803fd765
Many of those with prolonged withdrawal appear to have over-activation of their sympathetic nervous system, which is important to address with education and talking therapies (and very, very rarely) additional, short term medications.