So I started taking antidepressants a little over a year ago and they worked great for about 6 months… then slowly I lost my motivation and energy again… I stopped taking them all together a few weeks ago
Is it possible for antidepressants to stop working?
What anti-depressant did you stop taking?
Yes, I think they can lose their effectiveness after you have been on them awhile.
Not sure. Perhaps have a chat with your pdoc to see if this occurs. They may be able to prescribe something else.
Man I hope not because I need mine to keep working forever
I have heard that this is possible yes.
And that some people then increase the dose of the AD.
Although I don’t know if this is always the case
Lexapro. My prescriber and I decided I should stop taking it cause less meds the better
Ah thanks for that link Bowens!!
YES!.. i was on the strongest AD, an MAO-Inhibitor, and it lost its effectiveness.
It is called “Tachyphylaxis” (google it + depression)
I stopped taking my MAO-Inhibitor for a month or two, then started taking it again, and now it is working again, but not as good as the first time I took it.
The strategy to treat Tachyphylaxis is either to increase dose, switch medicine, or stop it for a period of time and then start again.
I was on Lexapro and it appeared that it stopped working.
I’m on Cymbalta now; so I hope it works better and doesn’t stop working.
I wish my prescriber took a note of that!
Ever since my old pdoc retired, they have been tanking me up on meds and dx’s
Put my foot down over it all, but I conceded that now I need an anti depressant
I hope they don’t stop after a while, as that would be very disappointing