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Re: meaning to life » amy_oz

Posted by JonW on September 16, 2002, at 17:52:18

In reply to meaning to life, posted by amy_oz on September 15, 2002, at 20:52:56

Hi Amy,

It sucks that most anti-depressants take weeks to work, but it can be worth the wait. Please try to hang in there! SSRIs exert their full anti-anxiety effect slowly over time. One example of this is Aropax in particular for social phobia. The majority of clinical studies show many people being non-responders at week 6, but going on to be responders at week 12. Also, chronic depression/anxiety can take longer to respond so tough it out if you can. You may need a higher dose of Aropax or need to augment it with something else. You say you've been cycling in and out of depression for the last 5 years so you might want to be evaluated for bipolar disorder as well which would indicate mood stabilizers. My pdoc suggests treating the apathy caused by SSRIs with Mirapex (pramipexole), and I know I've read one abstract that talks about Provigil (modafinil) effectively treating the fatigue caused by anti-depressants.

Good Luck,
Jon


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