Posted by Elizabeth on December 8, 2001, at 10:48:30
In reply to Have I blown all my chances?, posted by Denise528 on December 8, 2001, at 10:18:35
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> In the past I have been on and off Prothiaden, Zooloft and Seroxat at different times in my life, they all worked wonderfully and seemed to work very quickly, I responded to them within a few days. However, since June I have tried to go back on all of them with very little success, infact they seemed to make me worse this time.. Has anyone else had this experience?Something like that. I seemed to be responding to Prozac (though it took more than a few days) the first time I took it, but then later I tried it again and it did no good.
> My question is, do antidepressants work in any way like antibiotics, do they tend to lose their effectiveness the more you go on and off them.
This isn't known. My personal opinion is that frequently stopping meds and allowing yourself to relapse can make depression worse and harder to treat in the long run.
> What I am now concerned about is that I have ruined my chances of any of the SSRIs working ever again and I'm scared that I am going to be stuck feeling like this for ever and ever.
Actually, my pdoc says that when an SSRI stops working, the first thing to try is switching to another SSRI (although I should note that this didn't work for me). There are a lot of SSRIs, and plenty of other things to try if those fail you, so you still have many choices.
-elizabeth
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