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Poohbah
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Does anyone else feel like theur medication doesn’t do much? I didn’t take it a few times & didn’t notice any chsnges. I still am depressed, anxious, and I get easily annoyed at things still.
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Grand Magnate
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My medications help a lot but are not the same as the ones you are taking. In my case, the medications are designed to slowly reverse atrophy in certain regions of my brain so they didn't show much effect until the healing was almost complete: 5 or 6 weeks. Nowadays, I am just on maintenance doses so that the atrophy does not return. What conditions are your medications used for and have you been on them long? I am so sorry that you are getting a poor response. That must be so frustrating and disheartening!
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Poohbah
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I've taken every SSRI, MAOi, Mood stabilizer, every benzo and many anti-psychotics over last 35 yrs without much relief at all. Plus ECT 4 times.
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Jesyka,
I used to take Atarax for sleep. It was not working very well. I stopped it. Another reason I stopped it: my psychiatrist explained that long term use of it can contribute to Alzheimer's disease later in life. I carry a gene mutation associated with Alzheimer's and I was not prepared to take this kind of heightened risk with a medication that was not even working very well and that can be replaced by other, better medicines. TCJ |
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