Posted by yazzer on May 14, 2002, at 19:16:33
Hi all:
I was wondering if others have faced this problem. I have had Panic Disorder (PD)/Depression for most of my adult life ( I am now 42) but was not diagnosed correctly until about 1990. My symptoms are mostly anxiety-related with the chief manifestation being the feaky derealization sensation. Anybody who has had this knows how strange this is and how disconcerting the feeling is!
Anyway, about 1990, I was finally diagnosed correctly and placed on Prozac (in 1991) and my symptoms disappeared almost completely - life was great. However, in about 1997, the symptoms returned as Prozac seemed to stop working inexplicably!
After months of trying other meds, my doctor finally hit upon Effexor XR and it worked! Now, after 4 years on Effexor, my symptoms are coming back in full force. :-( I guess I now have to work with doc to try and find something else.
My question to y'all is, Have others experienced this tendency for meds to stop working after a time? It's like a cruel joke where, when you finally find a "cure" and get back into life for a while, the meds stop working. Any comments/discussion would be greatly appreciated!
Yours sincerely,
Mike
poster:yazzer
thread:106406
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