All medications lose their effectiveness too quickly

Aussie_74 · Emu Egg Joined: Apr 02, 2009 Posts: 6

All my life I've had a problem where medication starts working faster than it does with other people but after 6 months or less it becomes useless. For example; earlier this year I began taking a Beta Blocker (off label) for anxiety. The labelling said it would take between 12 hours to 2 weeks to become effective but my anxiety was gone in 35 minutes. Unfortunately, despite regular increases in dosage, within 4 or 5 months it became like a sugar pill; absolutely useless!

I have heard that some people on the spectrum can have this problem but I don't know what it's called. I'm now 35 and most pain meds (paracetamol, ibuprofen, aspirin), Benzo's, anti-depressants etc. have irremediably lost their effect. I now limit the amount of codeine I take in the hope I may get a couple of years more use out of it but its effect is on the wane too.

I have 2 questions:

1. Does anyone know what this condition is called?
2. Can anything be done about it?