Posted by OldSchool on March 28, 2002, at 11:02:40
In reply to Re: What causes med poopout the worst-Old School, posted by Bekka H. on March 27, 2002, at 22:32:24
> Hi there, Old School,
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> I see what you mean. That's happened to me, too, but do you think the lack of efficacy caused by stopping and starting might be due to the fact that efficacy depends on steady state levels, which take some time to achieve? Also, in order to achieve a therapeutic effect, receptor modification has to occur, and that requires a high enough dose for a long enough period of time??
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> Bekka
What my psychiatrist told me was that stopping and restarting the same med within a short time period "does things" as in causes subtle physical changes to receptors and such, decreasing medication activation. Receptors get dulled from stopping and starting meds repeatedly and med activate no good anymore. I dont know all the details, I was just told this by one of my psychiatrists.
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