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Q: Does Prozac Work Again After a Break?

asked by: january24 on April 21st, 2004

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About 3 yrs ago, prozac quit working for me (after having worked very well for about 3 years). Since then, i've taken celexa and wellbutrin, but I miss the way prozac worked when it was effective. Does anyone have any experience with having prozac lose its effectiveness and then, after a period of time off of it, going back on and having it work again?

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qt3

replied on April 23rd, 2004

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Re: Does Prozac Work Again After a Break?

january24 wrote:

about 3 yrs ago, prozac quit working for me (after having worked very well for about 3 years). Since then, i've taken celexa and wellbutrin, but I miss the way prozac worked when it was effective. Does anyone have any experience with having prozac lose its effectiveness and then, after a period of time off of it, going back on and having it work again?

not prozac, but I went off others and later went back on them and they worked again.
You may also want to look into cbt. I was on meds for many years before I found cbt and it cured me and got me off meds in a remarkably short period of time. Cbt is not like other talk therapy. A good cbt therapist does not care much about your past or why you think you feel the way you do etc. A good cbt therapist knows they cannot change what's already happened to you but they can help you change how you deal with what happens in your life from here on out. It's all about using the tools to learn to think more clearly and accurately about things and once you do your anxiety, panic and depression will miraculously begin to lift before your eyes. My favorite starter book on cbt is "been there, done that? Do this! By sam obitz Tao3.Com based on what I have seen with the people I know who used cbt the more dedicated you are to the tools the faster and deeper the recovery regardless of how bad their anxiety was when they got started :d

good luck!

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