Paxil never fully alleviated my depression, and now it seems to be getting worse. Should I switch anti-depressants, or just up my dose?
2007-03-09 19:47:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Since you mentioned that Paxil never fully alleviated your symptoms, I assume you experienced some partial effect from it, a nuance here that most people seem to have ignored. I would try asking your doc to increase the dose to the full dose and if that helps but does not fully resolve your depression I would then either add wellbutrin (an SNRI) to address the norepinephrine level or I would suggest that you discuss switching to either Effexor or Cymbalta, both od which are combined SSRI/SNRI and may do the trick. If the Paxil has shown some efficacy for you, I would certainly continue with some SSRI and just add an SNRI-some folks need both. If you are receiving your meds from a primary doc, try boosting the dosage first-the problem with partial response is that often primary docs do not prescribe the meds at a high enough therapeutic level to completely resolve the symptoms. Good luck!
2007-03-10 02:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Opester 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your doctor about it, but if you weren't satisfied with the results to begin with, your best bet would probably try a different medication. It's unlikely you'll get a better result now, having built up tolerence for 5 years, then you did when you first started taking it. But like I said, talk to your doctor about it. Anti-depressants are prescription medications, so you're going to have to talk to your doctor about it before you change anything anyway, so you might as well get his input on it. I have no way to know if other mediations might be counter-indicated for one reason or another, and neither does anyone else on here without access to your complete medical records, so you should go with your doctor's advice over what you read on this site.
2007-03-09 21:52:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discuss it with your doctor. If it never really worked you should have tried something else in the first place, but if it has stopped working all together you should probably switch. It's not uncommon for your body to adjust to a med you've been on for a while and have it stop working.
2007-03-09 22:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by fiVe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All anti-depressants stop working after awhile.
So yes, It's time to switch to something else for a few months, or to increase your current dose. This decision is best left to you and your physician.
2007-03-09 20:20:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it never really helped its worth taking the chance to try something new. Make sure that if you do change meds that you have a good contact number for your doctor if you start having problems. I started taking prozac fifteen years ago and it has always worked well for me.
2007-03-09 20:06:06 · answer #5 · answered by Serinity4u2find 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it never helped then why did you keep on taking it. Whatever you do don't just up and stop taking it though cause my sister did and she had a nervous breakdown but they put her back on it but uped the mg
2007-03-09 19:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but, I have had friends, and family take it, and it made them worse. Zoloft made people suicidal. (that got slipped under the rug. ) and is Xanex the new Valium ? I'm worried that my generation is going to have to take care of all the doped-up invalids, whose brains are gelled. (I see women in their 20's zombied out of their minds. My friends that are grandmothers are taking care of their grandchildren. Are we going to have to spoon-feed your lazy, medicated,@sses too ?
2007-03-09 20:35:15 · answer #7 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't stop cold turky, I did and I flip out and end up in jail!
Get advise from another doctor!
2007-03-09 20:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋