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Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 13 11:28am | Replies (299)Comment receiving replies
I can’t know for sure why they don’t help you but I’m a person they don’t help either.
A few reasons in my case.
1) I’m highly treatment resistant when it comes to drugs overall. Especially SSRIs and A/Ds overall. I get very sick with side effects and eventually have no choice but to quit taking them.
2) Most important thing to ensure is that you’ve been properly diagnosed. For over a decade, I tried anything and everything and NOTHING worked. Just recently I finally learned why and it’s because I was never properly diagnosed and that in of itself was a huge part of the problem.
With my condition, I should NEVER be taking A/Ds.
This may not be the case for you at all but if you’re unsure, it might be something for you to consider.
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What were you diagnosed with? I’m struggling to get on antidepressants and nothing is working.
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@clazzygalxo
My diagnosis of extreme depression and anxiety is correct. But, it wasn’t until recently that I found out that I am experiencing protracted withdrawal from improperly coming off Effexor. So no matter what antidepressant I was given, it wouldn’t take away the symptoms from the protracted withdrawal. It was a vicious cycle of trying one med after the other. Even the benzodiazepines couldn’t touch the level of bizarre physical symptoms I have.
Thank you for your response though. It is so appreciated.