Posted by Noa on October 1, 1999, at 16:08:31
In reply to Re: Ranking AD's by POP (Poop Out Potential), posted by Sean on October 1, 1999, at 14:19:35
Rick, you have posed an excellent question, but I am sorry to say, I have no idea, despite having been on so many different meds. The reasons are 1) the first and second times on Prozac, I stopped taking it after 9-12 months, because at the time that was what was recommended (the early days of Prozac), whereas now we know that going on and off and allowing more episodes to occur has led to increased cycling. 2) I have often had side effects as I increased doses so for many of the meds I have tried, I have only had partial amelioration of my symptoms because I couldn't tolerate higher doses. I would get better enough to resume some basic functioning, but not great, and certainly not enough to prevent another episode of major depression as my depressive cycle came around again, or in response to a major stressor. Can you call this poop out? I don't think so, because I was not on enough of a dose in the first place. Which also makes me wonder if staying on an ineffective dose makes one's depression even harder to treat in the long run, kind of like spraying a little insecticide for a severe roach problem (former NYC resident here). We all know the roaches become more and more immune to the spray.
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