Posted by Shirley on October 28, 2000, at 11:02:06
In reply to 3Day to 2 Week Responses. Proof, not myth., posted by JohnL on October 28, 2000, at 8:59:45
> …..We conclude
> that a treatment strategy producing a rapid onset often, but not invariably,
> has greater efficacy than a treatment producing a slower onset.John,
In my opinion, this is very similar to what my psychiatrist said. Thanks for the information, I'll read all the articles when I have more time.
This may get answered when I read all the articles but I'm inferring from what you said that it was blind luck that the patients were put on medications that caused rapid improvement. Or was there any mention of how these psychiatrists decided that these medications might work promptly?
Maybe the issue isn't that patients can respond very quickly to medications but how do you get to that point. In other words, were these psychiatrists doing things similar to Dr. Jensen or did they go about it in a different way? I felt you were inferring that it was luck but the other side of the coin is something had to lead them to be believe that they might have success with their experiments.
In summary, maybe the issue for the Dr. Jensens and these psychiatrists is to do more extensive studies that would compare what is the most effective way to pinpoint which medications whould work the quickest. I am sensing that the disagreement is not that there are medications that don't work quickly but what is the best way of finding the ones that do.
Sorry for this rambling post but your message caused me to have this "ah ha" experience. I'm a believer in Dr. Jensen but I also understand why people would want more proof.
Again, thanks for the information and I will take a look.
Shirley
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