Posted by Bill L on February 6, 2002, at 11:15:29
In reply to Re: Sid: about drug switching....., posted by Anna Laura on February 5, 2002, at 20:38:30
Anna Laura - Right now you need to feel better. CBT is not the answer right now. It might help later after you are feeling better. I have done a lot of reading posts and research and have never heard anything that switching drugs is bad for anyone. Doctors do a lot of drug switching on patients if the drugs are not working well enough. If a drug does not work in a month or two, you should make a change either in the dosage or to a different drug or an additional drug. Also there is no evidence at all, at least that I am aware of, that long term usage of antidepressants is harmful. You have to keep in mind that there will always be articles written by people who are against drugs for some reason.
Your first step must be to find a different doctor who is knowledgable about antidepressants. This could either be a general practitioner or a psychiatrist.
> Sid
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> I shouldn't believe in statistics, you're right. Everybody's different. CBT wasn't that great for me. That's all.
> So i shouldn't care about what the article is saying.
> A question about drug switching: if i am supposed to stay on the same drug let's say, for about a year, how long am i going to take to find the right combo then?
> The matter about drug switching it's pretty controversial: some say it's not harmful, others state the opposite. I don't know whose statement i should trust.
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