Posted by morganator on June 13, 2010, at 12:42:57
In reply to Re: Do AD's Help Prevent Future Depression?, posted by bleauberry on June 11, 2010, at 17:41:55
The only reason why Zoloft did not work for me for more than 8 years is because I stopped taking it(and not because it was not working anymore). Otherwise, I may still be on it and doing fairly well. That would have made it a successful 11 years on Zoloft, and possibly many more. I know of 3 people that have been successfully treated on SSRIs for more than 10 years-Prozac for 20, Prozac for 15, Lexapro for 10, and Zoloft for 12. These people are still taking their SSRI and still doing well.
I think we need to start to realize that what we read on Psycho-Babble and elsewhere on the net is not necessarily what is occurring in people's lives that do not frequent the interenet and talk about their antidepressant experiences. Psycho-Babblers are a minute sample of the population that obviously came here because they were in need of help and advice. There are thousands out there that are doing well on their medications that have no reason/motivation to come on the internet and talk about how well they are doing. They just want to take their little pill every morning, forget about it, and live their lives.
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