Posted by seldomseen on October 16, 2008, at 5:40:53
In reply to Long-Term Users of SSRI's--Need Your Help, posted by NewQuestions on October 15, 2008, at 14:26:24
I've been on Prozac for nine years now (I think).
Of course, I have the awful habit of stopping it when I feel good. Then restarting it when the depression comes back (and it always does for me). So I'll be on it for about a year, stop for a month or two, restart, suffer the start-up side effects (anxiety, emotional numbness etc) for about two weeks or so, then level off again. All of this is against doctors orders of course.
While the re-start up sucks, I think getting the prozac out of my system for a while has helped me avoid the "poop-out" syndrome that a lot of people get. I also don't have the cumulative side effect build up that a lot of people have reported here.
I hope the nardil levels out for you, but if you decide to try the SSRI's again this regimen has worked for me.
Seldom.
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