When you take antidepressant pills for depression, a course of 3 to 6 months is enough, most of the time. After that period the depression is over, and you can stop taking the pills. However, some patients find it difficult to stop taking the pills because they are afraid that the depressive symptoms will return. And sometimes their physician is also afraid of this. As a result, many patients take their antidepressant pills for too long.

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