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How Long Should You take an SSRI?
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Anonymous32910
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Dec 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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No, they don't "stop working".
The human body/brain does not build up a tolerance to SSRI's like most other drugs.
Actually, they can stop working; there is even a name for it: tachyphylaxis.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ant...ssants/AN01312
http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts....ty_3288-1.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18694599
I have had to switch antidepressants several times due to this problem. It's hard to know why it happens, but in a few patients this can be a problem. Generally, switching to a different AD has corrected the problem quite well.
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