Posted by Jackster on May 16, 2002, at 1:08:21
In reply to Meds do not work after a time, posted by yazzer on May 14, 2002, at 19:16:33
> Hi all:
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> I was wondering if others have faced this problem. I have had Panic Disorder (PD)/Depression for most of my adult life ( I am now 42) but was not diagnosed correctly until about 1990. My symptoms are mostly anxiety-related with the chief manifestation being the feaky derealization sensation. Anybody who has had this knows how strange this is and how disconcerting the feeling is!
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> Anyway, about 1990, I was finally diagnosed correctly and placed on Prozac (in 1991) and my symptoms disappeared almost completely - life was great. However, in about 1997, the symptoms returned as Prozac seemed to stop working inexplicably!
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> After months of trying other meds, my doctor finally hit upon Effexor XR and it worked! Now, after 4 years on Effexor, my symptoms are coming back in full force. :-( I guess I now have to work with doc to try and find something else.
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> My question to y'all is, Have others experienced this tendency for meds to stop working after a time? It's like a cruel joke where, when you finally find a "cure" and get back into life for a while, the meds stop working. Any comments/discussion would be greatly appreciated!
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> Yours sincerely,
> Mike
Hi MikeI know how you feel. After 10 years of Agorphobia w panic attacks, I finally found what I thought was a cure. Life was wonderful for 3 years on 40mg of Paxil, then I (foolishly) decided to come off it because of the side effects. The panic attacks came back, and when I went back on the Paxil, it no longer worked nearly as well as it had. That was devastating - like being shown how good life could be and then having it ripped away from you. I went on the medication round-a-bout with little success. Finally (due to some heavy research on my behalf) I augmented the Paxil with Tegretol, which seems to be doing the trick. I'm now getting out and about and working my way up to where I was. Maybe you could try augmenting Paxil or Effexor with something?
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