Posted by me so tiny on December 10, 2002, at 5:13:19
In reply to Re: How psychiatry ruined my life, posted by Mr Cushing on December 2, 2002, at 8:34:38
> Then how come you see people on this board talking all the time
> about how they need to bump up their levels of the SSRI that
> they are taking after about a year or so because they've stopped
> being as effective? Isn't that tolerance?no, that's "pooping out". That's a scientific term, used by scientists. :-)
For some reason, sometimes AD effects fade away, sometimes, for some people. My cousin was on Prozac for like a decade (since it was invented almost) then it pooped out and she got moved to Celexa.
I started on Paxil about 20 months ago. Somehow we never quite got to "full effect" and the dosage kept on creeping up to the max. Yeah, this is closer to your "bumping up" pattern. Then, finally, I decided it just wasn't doing it anymore, so I'm migrating to Lexapro.
Why did it fade? Don't know. Perhaps my binge alcohol intake? grass? Trent Reznor music? lack of sex with a real human for way way too long? Reading depressing war, concentration camp and Mt Everest disaster accounts? Or maybe forgetting to take my meds one day and doubling up the next, maybe that does it. Irregular bedtime? Whatever it is, it's GOT to BE MY FAULT. I must have done something wrong or irresponsible.... ahem. sorry.
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