Posted by utopizen on October 20, 2002, at 0:18:10
In reply to Re: Can Effexor alter personality?, posted by Phil on October 19, 2002, at 19:45:08
If he's seeing a GP, he needs to dump them and see a psychiatrist. If he's seeing a psychiatrist, he needs to find a new one.
>>Wow there! Perhaps he thinks he's fine, or that the med's working. And he's telling this to the doctor he sees, or not telling much.
Even I, who is a hypochondriac about everything, have gone on lapses for the first couple of months on a new med. I think it's making me great, etc., then like 2 months after taking it everyday my friend goes and says how I act differently, etc...
Doctors can really only go by what the patients says. The patient may over-rate the side-effects he's experiencing, or the response, etc.
It's very important to remember this in seeing "efficacy ratings" of meds. These are based on surveys of patients, not doctors observing patients. Basically only kids with ADD get the more objective approach, where studies tend to include teachers and parents writing observation reports.
I guess there's no "loner-acting syndrome analzer" invented yet...
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