Posted by JohnL on February 24, 2000, at 4:22:17
In reply to JohnL, posted by Brandon on February 23, 2000, at 10:25:23
Nice to hear from you Brandon. I am on a holding pattern with Prozac. My first appointment with a new psychiatrist is today. I have a feeling he will use me as a test rabbit for a few weeks. He will likely give me quick trials of all the stimulants and possibly a couple different mood stabilizers, and possibly antipsychotics, and who knows what else. He likes to explore for quick results, and he lets medication reactions guide treatment, rather than diagnosis or symptoms.
I agree with that strategy because so often we find a drug we wouldn't expect to work actually works great. And ones we expect to work don't. And drugs from a different class can work better than the more obvious drug choices for a particular set of symptoms. It's usually not much better than a flip of the coin in trying to predict results. That's fine with me, because in my experience I have found that the best drugs for a particular person usually work fairly fast, and they can only be discovered through trial and error. This new pdoc sees things as I see them and is having tremendous success with tough cases, so who knows what's in store for me. We'll see. JohnL
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