Posted by hildi on July 2, 2002, at 17:42:26
In reply to Anyone else out there?, posted by Denise528 on July 1, 2002, at 13:11:38
> Anyone else there had really good effects from SSRIs and tryciclics in the past only to go back on them and find that not only do they not work they make you feel worse.
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> I've had this experience with Paxil, Seroxat and Prozac, I don't class it as tolerance because they were still working when I came off them. Now whenever I go back on them I get heaps of negative energy, where I feel like I have energy but can't seem to apply it to anything, can't concentrate, so I just end up chain smoking and driving around aimlessly and feeling suicidal. I know that they don't work in the same way anymore because the sensations I get now are so different. When I used to take them, they'd kick in almost immediately, I'd get a real boost from them, music would sound amplified (only not manic)
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> I've tried Effexor and although it kind of relaxes me and I am more focused on the little things, it makes me really tired, apathetic and sometimes even more depressed but in a different way.
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> Has anyone else had these experiences only to go on to find another drug that does work. I am beginning to lose hope and feel like nothing will ever work again. I think God gave me two chances and now I'm out on my own.
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> DeniseYes, I am going through this right now. I stopped the zoloft because of side effects (after a somewhat successful 8 years on it) and went on celexa. On celexa I am, just like you mentioned, 'depressed in a different way'- I have all kinds of nervious tension and energy, but cannot concentrate on anything. I too am driving around aimlessly and chain-smoking like crazy- increasing the nausea side effects I already feel. The dr. also gave me trilep- I forgot how this is spelled. Something to help with my anxiety but I am afraid to take it. (I believe it is in the class of meds like neurontin, mentioned in the other post) I tried to go back on the zoloft and it has not been effective as before. I also can tell right away if something is going to work or not. I think the trick for me now is to find the right 'combination'- something to increase the effectiveness of an a/d. Now, if I could only figure out what that is . . .??!!
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