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anti-depressant stopped working

I have been taking Prozac at 20 mg for about a month. It seemed to help my depression pretty fast within a couple days, now it has been over a month and now I am starting to feel depression again.
I thought these type of medications the person was suppose to improve in about a month?  My depression is more mild, I don't have extreme agitation or irritability like I did, I just have this apathetic feeling were I don't want to get out of bed. I feel kind of slow like I am in a fog.
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Hi.  It does take 4-6 weeks for these types of medications to reach a therapeutic level in your system.  If at this point you aren't feeling a whole lot better, call your doctor because it is normally at this point they need to increase our dosage.  They will start us out on a low dosage and go up if need be.  Give it a couple of more weeks and if no better, call your doctor.  Take care!
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thanks for the response, yeah i might get my dose increased, i am just afraid it will stop working again and i will have to withdrawal from a higher dose.
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Hi, upping the dose may solve your problem. You have to understand anti-depressants are not a permament fix, it could be a year , could be a few years, it will eventually stop working and you will be switched to a different drug if your depression persists. Its the nature of the beast.  From what I understand 50% of patients who take a course of anti-depressants will have to take them for a lifetime.  

You may at some point want to try alternative methods such as 5htp or possibly SAM-E. Personally, I had terrible side affects with both, but they may work for you.

Good luck and God bless.
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thanks for the comment. yeah i took some 5 htp and my mood drastically improved.
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