Anger, Irritability and Conflict During Antidepressant Withdrawal
Anger can be one of the more disturbing changes to experience during antidepressant withdrawal, both for the person going through it and for the people around them.
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.

Anger can be one of the more disturbing changes to experience during antidepressant withdrawal, both for the person going through it and for the people around them.

There are many difficult things about antidepressant withdrawal, but one of the hardest may be not knowing what happens next. The human mind finds uncertainty very challenging.

Antidepressant withdrawal happens to one person, but it does not happen in isolation. It happens in the middle of a life that already contains other people: partners, parents, children, brothers and sisters, friends, colleagues and the wider circles.