Restarting antidepressants success stories please!

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I want to restart my antidepressants after being off them for nearly two years as I'm having a really rough time again. They worked really well for me the first time around, literally changed my life and made such a difference. I'll be restarting the same brand. However I made perhaps the fatal mistake of googling it and found that the consensus seems to be that they don't work the second time round/the symptoms are worse and now I feel anxious that it won't be the same as it was the first time!

Does anyone have some stories of restarting after stopping for a while and it going well for them please? reassurance would be wonderful as would any advice!

I’ve stopped and restarted duloxetine twice as it just wasn’t working as well as it used to. The second time I restarted through sheer desperation as nothing else worked and amazingly it did the job, though at a higher dose.

I also had less side affects the second time round.

eatcake thank you for your reply! i'm so glad it worked for you the second time. I get the sheer desperation thing - was desperately wanting to make it work and be better without the help but I'll do anything to feel better at this point!