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Increased pmt physical symptoms after stopping anti depressants

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Redorwhitejusthaveboth · 21/04/2013 22:16

I stopped talking sertraline (for depression) around 4 months ago... My emotional PMT symptoms have become horrific as I expected but what I've found odd is that the physical PMT symptoms are also magnified - so breast tenderness which I haven't had for years is back and the pmt spots are back too.....
What's going on? Is this just a coincidence or is it linked somehow to stopping the meds?

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willyhaschips · 21/04/2013 22:18

I think it's related to stopping the meds.
My doctor has been treating my severe PMS with SSRIs for the last five years. It's been great to be symptom free. It's also helped with the hot flushes associated with the perimenopause.

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Redorwhitejusthaveboth · 21/04/2013 22:26

Do you take them continuously or just the 2 weeks pre period? My gp told me I could do the 2 wk thing if I couldn't cope with the pmt - at the moment I can cope and I've worked so hard to beat the depression that I don't want to go back on them. But for the life of me I can't work out how coming off them can be giving me the physical pmt symptoms - the ssris don't have any hormonal effect do they?