Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms experienced by 15% of

Dizziness, headache and nausea among common symptoms, which occur more frequently with some medications than others

Just under one in seven people who stop taking antidepressants will experience withdrawal symptoms, according to a study.

Researchers in Germany analysed data in 79 studies involving 21,000 patients and found that 15% of people experienced one or more withdrawal symptoms that were directly caused by coming off antidepressants, while about 3% experienced severe symptoms.