Posted by morgan miller on February 9, 2011, at 13:14:52
In reply to Re: What should I be aiming for? Medications...., posted by Laney on February 9, 2011, at 10:52:45
>But does it really matter why I went on paxil? The point is that it doesn't do anything for me anymore except keep me from withdrawl.
I think it does matter. But I do understand your point. I gave you my suggestions.
I don't do as well on Zoloft anymore and it appears that Lexapro may be something that helps me tremendously, in the way Zoloft once did. So there is hope for you. I gave you my suggestions. I'm not saying BB is wrong, I just think Lexapro and Zoloft are better drugs than Prozac.
>I did go on zoloft for a while. It was added to my paxil. It didn't seem to do anything to improve my mood either way. I figured if it didn't help my mood along with paxil then why decrease the paxil? That would have certainly made things worse it seems.
How much Zoloft were you on? I bet the dose was pretty low if it was combined with Paxil. Responses to Zoloft can be very dose dependent. Also, what you experienced with Zoloft may have been damped by still being on Paxil.
The positive in all this is that you don't seem to have complaints about major side effects with medications while on them, other than the withdrawal and lack of efficacy when reintroducing Paxil.
Again, I want to reiterate that I'm not sure if a drug not working anymore is necessarily a sign of a permanent brain alteration or damage. It is very possible, given the right amount of time and other factors, that eventually that drug that does not work again now, would work again sometime down the road. I believe in the brain's power to heal from many things. I have to believe it is possible, again given time and maybe other healing contributors, that someone who feels their brain is altered permanently by SSRI use can recover. I also think that periods of severe chronic depression, anxiety, and bipolar episodes can alter brain chemistry in ways that impact the brain's response to drugs. In addition, the current psychological state of someone may impact one's response to a medication. There are many things to consider here before we start jumping to the conclusion that drugs like SSRIs are PERMANENTLY changing our brains. Aging permanently changes our brains.
Morgan
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