>>11778611About the "suddenly becoming suicidal when quitting cold turkey" part, I want to add that you should be aware of that and be with her or near her, so she doesn't do anything, and tell her to be aware of it and to be ready for it, and importantly make sure she understands that the suicidal urges WILL gradually dimish and get weaker, in the first week after quitting they'll be very strong, then fade... and after a few months they'll be totally gone (though she might still be feeling a bit sad). So, I mean, she must be aware of that and remember it, so she first of all doesn't think "oh shit, now I feel like crap, so THIS is how I truly feel" (that's incorrect, it's just her brain being confused because it's suddenly no longer getting the drug) and so she doesn't go back to the drug immediately. She must go through the pain. Tell her. Somehow. Make her understand it. Really it's better if she suffers like hell for a few days or even weeks, than that she continues taking the drugs year after year after year (most people who get on SSRIs are on them for many many years). Even if she starts crying constantly and feel she wants to kill herself, or ends up cutting herself, that doesn't matter. You must be ruthless and tell her to keep going, to stay off the drug completely, until she's through that initial phase.
