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Originally Posted by 12PM
As far as I know, yes, meds can stop working after we take it for several years. I’d ask the Pdoc to change the dosages or the meds completely. However, your post showed that you live in a very unsupportive environment. Do you have a therapist that you can talk your issues with? I think you need more support and I’d consider talking to a therapist and joining a depression support group in your area. The right medications would make a huge difference but I think meds alone wouldn’t be enough without therapy. Send you hugs  |
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That's what I suspected. I've taken paxil and valium for a lot longer than that. So I'll ask my Dr. to up both doses next time. In the meantime I'll double my doses for now. If that doesn't help, then it might be time to try something new.
Yes, I do live in a very unsupportive environment. None of my friends know about my condition except for two that I met on here. And one good friend. She doesn't judge as much as most people do when it comes to most things. I can't talk about this with many people as they'll probably just dismiss me as being "crazy". So I try to act as normal as possible and I try to say as little as possible about my problems in life. I try to keep things light hearted and focused on other people as to not scare them off like I have in the past.
I have tried many different types of therapists and therapy in the past and they have all failed me. None of them were that good. Some of them didn't take me that seriously. Some were nasty, so I had the good sense to not continue after they showed me their true colors and became verbally abusive.
One time I got my wrist grabbed by some psycho psychologist who was always robotic and cold. He forgot to give me my prescription one time years ago so when I went back to get it, I tried to walk into his office to talk to him and he restrained me in front of other people. I should've filed a complaint against him. He wouldn't let go of me and he was hurting me badly. So this is why I'm scared to see a therapist again.
One hypnotherapist yelled at me for not having gotten a book that she told me to get and would say crazy stuff about how it seems like getting my nails done if more important to me than fixing myself. And this was coming from a nut job who put a spell on her neighbor for supposedly hurting her cat. WTH? No wonder I'm terrified of going to therapy now! At best, they just sit there and don't say much of anything until your time is up. One guy was on the phone half the time I saw him. How rude! I used to only put up with him then as I naively thought that I could only get meds from a psychiatrist back then.
I found one free place half an hour away from me, but I'm always working now, so I may or may not have time to check that out. I'll try to go there sometime soon though. I won't open up to them right away though. I need to test the waters first to see if they'll take me seriously. Free or not, if they don't, I'm out of there.