Posted by waki on August 18, 2004, at 14:18:27
Do any of you have the placebo effect when you change meds?
I have a bad habit possibly I'm a little warped (okay maybe alot warped). I really enjoy changing meds.
I have this anticipation of a new med change like a teenage boy awaiting his first date with a kiss.
Each med change brings the idea of "hope and cure".
The first week I think i feel better and am undergoing this placebo effect.
I actually read peoples successes with meds and desire to try it with hopes of the same result. Or, I learn so much about a med that I lead my p-doc into prescribing it. Strattera was a great example of this. I wanted it, I got it, I felt good first week then felt like crap there on.
to refresh any memorys out there I have copied the definition of placebo effect below.
The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health not attributable to treatment. This effect is believed by many people to be due to the placebo itself in some mysterious way. A placebo (Latin for “I shall please”) is a medication or treatment believed by the administrator of the treatment to be inert or innocuous. Placebos may be sugar pills or starch pills. Even “fake” surgery and “fake” psychotherapy are considered placebos.
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