Posted by pseudoname on June 7, 2006, at 11:18:04
In reply to Question about placebo effect, posted by honeybee on June 7, 2006, at 10:38:52
When I reported the striking but brief effects of Wellbutrin after taking for it a couple days, my ex-pdoc scoffed and sneered (literally!) and said it was just placebo effect, certainly not due to the drug.
Arrgh!
I regret that I didn't try to educate him. Those early responses are very common among patients; lots of Babblers report them.
As my pdoc should've known, SSRIs, TCAs etc can increase various brain neurotransmitter levels almost immediately (within days). It seems obvious that they could have some effects right away, even the target therapeutic changes don't come until later.
> But everyone always says that those are placebo reponses.
"everyone" = maddeningly naive pdocs; not patients here at Babble
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