Posted by BUCKEYE FAN on June 13, 2005, at 20:46:09
In reply to Re: SSRI's - question » BUCKEYE FAN, posted by linkadge on June 13, 2005, at 19:46:40
> Yes, unfortunately. More and more doctors are admitting that these drugs do infact poop out.
> Basically from a statiscal standpoint, we (as a nation) are consuming much more of them at higher doses. I suppose we could be getting more depressed :)>
> The longer we have been exposed to them, the more we see their effects fade. >
> There are many many possable explainations as to why the antidepressant properties of a drug seem to stop, but in the end, nobody has been able to offer a conclusive explaination.
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> Personally, I don't think I ever recovered fully from that first time celexa pooped. I basically woke up to the realization that my life was just as intollerable as it once was.
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> Don't even think about stopping the drug at this point though.
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> LinkadgeFunny you put that last line in Linkadge...because that is exactley what I am considering doing.
I have grown weary of this merry-go-round of Zoloft and Xanax.
I rue the day I allowed the Doctor to talk me into taking them.
I am not blaming him...he was doing his job, what he was trianed to do....but I resisted for so long because KNEW inside they were not a permanent answer.Well......here it is 6 years later and I have not gone a single day without Xanax.
I have managed to stop the anti-depressants for as long as 3 months once...only to start up again
when a "depressive episode" happened. (Im guessing they still call it that )Anyways...Im babbling.
I do know this.....I started on Xanax for Panic Attacks 6 years ago...on an as-needed-basis (ha!)and SOMEHOW I allowed anti-depressants to be thrown in the Mix.
Now I am trapped...my motivation is gone..and my once energetic, high powered personality is dulled by prescription drugs.
At least the Panic Attacks are gone....right?
BF
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