Posted by Shell on January 20, 2001, at 1:06:20
In reply to Re: Research on stopping and starting SSRIs, posted by Joy on January 19, 2001, at 17:08:50
> Hi Jackster,
> The same thing happened to me on Paxil. It did not work well the second time around. I tried numerous ADs after that until I tried Prozac which is working well for me. A lot of people [even on this Board]who were on Prozac and went off were dismayed to find it did not work well, or at all for them the 2nd time. I think we learn so much more from other people taking these meds than we do from drug company inserts. I think if an AD works well, we should all think twice before going off. I have not seen research anywhere on this but it could be out there somewhere. My own personal 'research' is this Board and all the great people who post here and from whom I've learned so much from.
> Joy
>I had this experience with Prozac. It worked quite well for me when I first took it. I discontinued it while I was pregnant and it didn't work for me nearly as well after the baby was born (though the side effects remained the same).
It actually worked out better for me that I didn't know this would happen. Since I was pregnant, I really didn't have the option to continue the Prozac. I'm glad that worrying about whether or not it would work after the baby came is something I didn't have to deal with while pregnant.
I'm now on Wellbutrin and pleased with the results so far. I have no plans to quit taking it because I don't want to take the chance that it won't work the second time around.
Shell
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