Posted by Luc on March 15, 2010, at 16:00:28
In reply to Re: Will AD's work again if stopped and restarted? » Luc, posted by em_kath on March 14, 2010, at 23:55:43
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> Thank you for asking this, I have the exact same question. I was moderately depression free for a couple years on Wellbutrin until about 18 months ago when it seemed to poop out. I had some success when adding Effexor, but not enough. I'm in the middle of an Emsam trial right now and I just miss my Wellbutrin. It's the only one out of the multitude of different drugs I've tried that's ever made me feel somewhat normal. But I am scared because I've heard so much about drugs not working the second time around so I don't know if it's worth the time to try it again. But these responses are encouraging. Maybe I will restart Wellbutrin and Effexor simultaneously, and a person in another post said Memantine might help give pooped-out medications a boost by increasing sensitivity in receptors. I guess the difference between us is you've taken a break from all antidepressants while I've just been on a different one, I wonder if that would hurt my chances of Wellbutrin working again? That's really unfortunate you had to stop taking any ADs at all, it must be a rough time for you :( Good luck, I hope you find something that works again.
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>em_kath, 3 years ago I became tolerant to all the ssri's. I was swapping one for another in hopes that one would work again. Then I tried effexor, and it barely worked for a month but it did work. After that I was soo hopless that I turned to the MAOI's. Nardil had too many side effects so I tried Parnate. Parnate worked for about 6 months but had some crazy side effects at higher dosages. 5 months ago I knew that I was way over medicated and wasnt getting any benefit so I quit it all. I MUST say that of all the meds nothing ever worked as well as the very first ssri I was put on. So with my medication holliday im hoping that maybe this prozac will work like the first time I was ever on an ssri. The first one I was on was Paxil, I tried it 3 more times after it pooped out. I am trying Prozac now because maybe my receptors will be more sensitive to a med ive never taken.
Hopefully the mind is resilient enough for meds to work again..
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