Resources and Articles

These articles explore the many ways antidepressant withdrawal can affect thoughts, emotions, physical health, identity, relationships and everyday life.

Drawing on research, lived experience and compassion, they are written to help people better understand withdrawal, feel less alone and navigate the journey with greater confidence and hope.

How to Support Someone Through Antidepressant Withdrawal Without Losing Yourself

Michaela Weaver

Published on: 17/08/2026

When someone you care about is going through antidepressant withdrawal, it is natural to want to help. You may find yourself reading everything you can find, trying to understand symptoms you had never heard of, watching for changes, searching for...

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Communication During Antidepressant Withdrawal: When Talking Seems to Make Everything Worse

Michaela Weaver

Published on: 17/08/2026

There can come a point during antidepressant withdrawal when talking, which would ordinarily be one of the ways we find our way through difficulty together, seems to make everything worse.

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