Posted by Roslynn on January 5, 2009, at 18:27:16
In reply to Re: is 4 weeks a long enough trial for Pristiq??, posted by SLS on January 4, 2009, at 18:42:23
> Hi.
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> Bleauberry's sentiments are backed up by studies and statistics. If one does not begin to respond to a treatment by the end of four weeks at therapeutic dosages, the probability of responding to it at all drops off very quickly. Some people do respond later than this, of course. It is a bit of a gamble to abort a trial before the end of 6 weeks. However, I don't believe there are many people who feel substantially worse over the course of 4 weeks who later go on to find success with that particular treatment.
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> > My doc also increased abilify from 5mg to 10mg which I think is making me nervous.
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> Based upon my own experiences with Abilify, I would encourage you to stick with it for a little while longer. The nervousness might disappear, leaving you with an antidepressant effect that should make other drugs work more completely.
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> - ScottHi Scott,
Thank you for your advice--I really appreciate it. I've got to change my AD from Pristiq to (??? ), but maybe I will stay with the 10mg Abilify as you suggested. Thanks...and I hope you are doing OK.
Roslynn
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