Posted by micro on February 19, 2004, at 0:46:45
In reply to You all need to know this, posted by Dr...Not! on February 18, 2004, at 16:50:12
> My psychiatrist mentioned at our last meeting that: once you have withdrawn from an antidepressant, you run a strong risk of it not working at all if you try to use it again sometime in the future. This came up in the context of increasing my dose of Effexor XR because my depression came back on a lower dose. She said it was "common knowledge" among psychiatrists. I've NEVER heard or read of this before. How about you guys?
Hello, That is simply not true> If you suffer from a reocurring episode of depression and responded well to a particular antidepressant, there is no reason to believe that it will be no longer efficacious for you until you have revisited it. I am amazed at some of the comments that are posted here.
Regards, Micro
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