Posted by zonked on June 26, 2010, at 19:50:55
In reply to Re: costs and benefits » zonked, posted by Phillipa on June 26, 2010, at 19:22:23
> So you're saying that an SSRI made you treatment resistant? What about all the people in real life they seem to work for year for like my neice and Sister? Phillipa
Naw. I guess I meant more like I wondered if taking meds--and it could have been something other than Zoloft-- in the first place altered my brain chemistry in such a way as to create a permanent need for them. Notice I use the past tense--wondered. I did not mean to suggest that taking Zoloft made me treatment-resistant or that SSRIs make people treatment resistant.
When Zoloft did work for me, it was an awesome medication! I won't ever know, and I guess my point is that I'm okay with not knowing--I will possibly need to take meds the rest of my life, and I've come to peace with the fact that some of us have our meds stop working and have to hit the drawing board again and endure until we find something that works again. That's all. :-)
I am not anti-SSRI at all, in fact I recommend Zoloft or Lexapro as first line treatment to family and friends if they are considering taking an AD. :-)
-z
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