Posted by pellmell on July 13, 2001, at 17:12:01
In reply to It Might Be Worth Knowing ..., posted by sweetmarie on July 13, 2001, at 16:40:48
> I received a reply from a bloke who said that his meds took 9 months for a effective response to be shown.
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> I also know from experience that it can take considerable time for med(s) to begin to be effective - it was over 5 months before Seroxat (Paroxetine) began to be effective for me.
>Are you and this other guy being treated for OCD? From what I've read it takes many months for current drug therapies to relieve those symptoms. In depression, one should feel the effects in 4-8 weeks.
>I think that a common mistake is that meds can be discontinued too early.
>You're probably right...Maybe I've been giving bad advice with that 2 week thing. Maybe I push through start-up side-effects faster than some.
For myself, though, if I'm still feeling hard-to-tolerate side-effects from an antidepressant after that amount of time, I won't be inclined to stay with it. In the absence of debilitating side effects, I'll definitely wait 4-6 weeks once I'm at a "theraputic" dose to decide whether it's effective.
-pm
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