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Posted by inanimate peanut on December 13, 2009, at 11:58:04
Has anyone had that experience? I stopped Lithium in the summer of 2008 because I thought it wasn't helping. That was when I got destabilized and have never been properly stabilized since. When I tried to go back on it in the winter of 2008 it didn't work. Should I try to go back on it again? Will it ever work again?
Posted by Phillipa on December 13, 2009, at 12:47:15
In reply to Drugs won't work if I stop them and start again..., posted by inanimate peanut on December 13, 2009, at 11:58:04
I don't know. Seems none of them have worked for me and the two that did didn't when stopped and tried to start again. Lithium could work again???? Phillipa
Posted by janejane on December 13, 2009, at 16:14:24
In reply to Drugs won't work if I stop them and start again..., posted by inanimate peanut on December 13, 2009, at 11:58:04
Yes, I had that experience. I took prozac for a year and it worked great. Then p-doc said I could try stopping. The depression came back, and when I started prozac again, it didn't work. Doubling the dose didn't work either. Ended up adding on wellbutrin. That sort of worked, but not as well as prozac did by itself the first time around. I guess this is not uncommon.
I've been off it for a while now, so I'm actually wondering if it'd work if I tried it again as I think some people cycle through different meds after they poop out.
Posted by Phillipa on December 13, 2009, at 20:25:23
In reply to Re: Drugs won't work if I stop them and start agai » inanimate peanut, posted by janejane on December 13, 2009, at 16:14:24
Seems strange but you hear of it so often. And it's happened to me. Phillipa
Posted by inanimate peanut on December 13, 2009, at 22:08:37
In reply to Re: Drugs won't work if I stop them and start agai » inanimate peanut, posted by janejane on December 13, 2009, at 16:14:24
If a drug poops out (like Geodon has for me), should you just stop taking it entirely and hope it comes around to being a useful drug again down the road?
Posted by morganator on December 13, 2009, at 23:24:52
In reply to Drugs won't work if I stop them and start again..., posted by inanimate peanut on December 13, 2009, at 11:58:04
I experienced this with Zoloft. Stopping taking it when i did was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Not only did I make myself vulnerable to a major episode but I found that just taking Zoloft alone or taking Zoloft at all would never be effective like it was for the seven years that I took it.
Posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2009, at 15:58:38
In reply to Re: Drugs won't work if I stop them and start again..., posted by morganator on December 13, 2009, at 23:24:52
Seroquel worked for me a short period but it pooped out and never work again
Posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2009, at 20:28:59
In reply to Re: Drugs won't work if I stop them and start again..., posted by Jeroen on December 19, 2009, at 15:58:38
Jeroen have missed you where you been? Love Phillipa
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