Posted by cybercafe on July 26, 2002, at 0:37:18
In reply to Re: going back on Nardil » Jon » JonW, posted by jsarirose on July 25, 2002, at 13:53:49
> Well, I completely agree with you as far as having to give many of the meds quite a bit of time to work. It's extremely frustrating when you're dealing with depression all this time.
most books i've read on treatment resistant depression seem to indicate that after 2 - 4 weeks you should definately notice some effect .. which can help you make important decisions like
partial effect --> wait... if necessary, later raise dose, augment -- in other words, quite hopeful
no effect --> possibly discontinue med (depending on med and dose), try different med from same family, after two no response from one med family, try different family -- in other words, no need to waste anymore time
i don't find it so hard waiting for a med to work if i know everyday is going to get better, from here until 100% remission, through time, increasing the dose and/or augmentingwhat i do find tough is when you throw out one drug completely and have to start over on another ... but i imagine it is somewhat unusual to have absolutely zero response to a med ...
what i also find tough is when you aren't getting better and nothing is being done about it -- but this is the sign of either poor communication or a bad doc, and certainly not necessary
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