Posted by SLS on May 8, 2001, at 7:37:42
In reply to Re: IS IT STILL EFFECTIVE, posted by stjames on May 7, 2001, at 17:45:14
Hi Trish.
I agree with both Mila and James. What Mila describes is not unusual. Sometimes irritability and an anger that takes you by surprise reflect the beginnings in an improvement. It is unlikely that a true clinical antidepressant response has occurred within the first two weeks, although you may possibly have experienced a positive initial "blip" or "tickle". It is more likely that you are only now beginning to see the more complete response. Your course of improvement might be relatively gradual, taking weeks or even months. This is a good thing.
To me, the irritability seems like a return of "reactivity" that depression has previously squashed. I guess it depends upon the type and severity of the depression. For some, it is a mild to moderate depression that produces a more or less static state of irritability. For others who are first entering a more severe depression, this state of irritability might be transient, as they pass through it on the way to a more melancholic or vegetative depression. These are just my impressions based on experience. They are not fact.
Good luck.
- Scott
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