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I remember reading that every time you stop and start SSRI's they reduce their ability to work again? Is there any truth in this? If both of these SSRI's worked for me once then they should work again right? They didn't stop working it was me who chose to stop them.
Unfortunately, there is evidence antidepressants, especially the SSRIs, may become progressively less effective every time they are stopped and restarted, often requiring higher doses to achieve the previous level of control, or not working at all. They may also produce more severe, and/or different, initial side-effects. Two studies,