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does it keep going on... ?

ReedNotRed
ReedNotRed
I've had depression for the last 12 or so years (6 clincally diagnosed), and so far I've been doing pretty good, but I've had to steadily increase my pills on regular basis. As of right now, I am on the maximum daily of both Exffexor and Wellbutrin.

Now I feel like I made need more pills to keep my depression at bay. My wife and myself are both wondering how/ what I'm going to be doing/ taking in like 10 years???

So I guess my question is for people who have been dealing with depression for years, and years, and even more years... How do you live with it? What happens with your medication?

Thx everyone
deleted_user
deleted_user
I've been on celexa for nine years and started out at 10mg and have increased a 5 mg about every other year. I'm at 30 mg now. I'm do for a raise. (: I don't know if our bodies just build a resistance to it or what. I would talk to your doc? Maybe he will suggest a different medication that may be more effective. I have tries that but nothing works like celexa does. And honestly... It I have to take 10 pulses a day I will do it. It keeps me sane. Well, for the most part anyway. (:
Obeylix
Obeylix
With therapy and some basic things like regular exercise the mental state can improve enough to have medication doses reduced.
I have been depressed for a good 15 years now, about 4 since I was diagnosed, or should I say, had the courage to try and tackle it. I made some changes to the way I was living and have noticed and improvement. I am not the nervous wreck I was when I was known as Garnish here all those years ago.
I take 60mg of Mirtazapine but I had my other medications dropped as I improved steadily. I mostly take it because it makes me drowsy enough to sleep, which was a big part of the problem for me. I still have down cycles, in fact I'm in the middle of one now but I can see that it will end, that things will improve and although it may be fleeting, it's worth looking forward too.
I am still classified as too ill to work, I have BPD too, the combination can be explosive but I think I am not long until I am ready to deal with people I don't know again on a face to face basis.

It is different for everyone but I found mindfulness techniques help a hell of a lot.

I send hugguns. It may keep going on but there are always ways of handling it and lessening the impact.
gramybear
gramybear
As frustrating as it is, Amy is correct when she said that our bodies build a resistance to medications and we either have to go up on the dosage, or find something new to take. I have had bad luck with depression medications but was on Prozac for a very long time. I was up to the max and when it stopped working, I stopped. Well, yesterday, I called my doctor after just seeing him the same day, crying, and asking him to please put me back on the Prozac, which, he did. Talk to your doctor and hopefully you and your doctor can figure out what you haven't tried and what might work best for you. Some medications don't work at all for some people, others give them bad reactions, and others just haven't found the right one that will work. But it is true that we can become resistant to our meds and have to either go up, or change to something else. There IS something out there that will work for you. Talk to your doc and don't give up!