Antidepressants working for a few days then stop working?

The thing is that you cannot only rely on the meds to work..you have to work hard too at getting yourself together..have you tryed counselling/therapy in conjuction with meds?

I understand that meds are not for some people...need more info really so we can help if possible.

Keep posting.

Maree

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the best thing you can do is the right thing,

the next best thing is the wrong thing,

and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

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Worth a try anyhow

Maree

Forum Moderator - Anxiety-Panic Disorders

"In any moment of decision,

the best thing you can do is the right thing,

the next best thing is the wrong thing,

and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

Roosevelt.

Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. 
 

djdaz 1985 said...As far as I am aware anti-depressants take some time to 'kick-in'. My doctor told me it woul be 4-6 weeks, but this could be different for different meeds and different people. The feeling you get initally (Where you feel great) could simply be expectation. You have something that you have been told will make you better and because you expect it to, it does but the feeling only lasts for a short period of time so potentially, this is what you are describing. As for treatment, I believe that meds are simply a coping mechanism for depression. For some people it allows them to cope to the point where they feel they are able to deal with the root cause by themselves

Darren, you are correct in the fact that antidepressant normally take 4-6 weeks to reach their effective level in a persons body.  This always does depend on the person though.  I would however disagree that medication (antidepressants) are a coping mechanism for depression.  Depression in a lot of people is a chemical inbalance of serotinin in their brain...this is an actual medical condition and cannot be helped.  Antidepressants restore the levels of serotinin, which is not something that a person with depression can just do on there own.  Depression isnt something that we cause to ourselves.  Here is a link from the National Institute of Mental Health on Depression so maybe you can become more knowledgeable on this subject.  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Depressionmenu.cfm