Thanks for the replies guys. I'm on a bit of a mission to discourage any of my friends, from starting SSRIs. Unfortunately a good friend of mine who lost his wife to cancer last month has now been diagnosed with cancer himself. In spite of me pleading with him not to take any ADs after his wife died...

It has become apparent recently that I have been suffering from PSSD for 19 years, at no time during this period did I ever make the connection between the condition and the use of SSRIs, its only since my relatively recent tangle with Sertraline that I have had cause to research what has happened t...

Hi I had a colonoscopy in January and chose to have "gas and air" .....as used in childbirth...rather than an anaesthetic that would put me out. No problems with this choice, it also has the advantage that you can drive soon after rather than waiting 48 hours. Good luck with your procedure.