Posted by bipolarspectrum on April 16, 2006, at 17:17:49
In reply to How Long is a Fair Trial for an AD? Please Advise, posted by Tom Twilight on April 16, 2006, at 16:21:19
Hi,
I could not agree with u more... it may be helpful to know exactly what medication your on.. but in general, for ssris and the like, i think its somewhere in the range of 6-8 weeks is a great trial... whereas this is lower for the bipolar medications, like lithium, and what have you... but I'm in full agreement that leaving a patient on a non-useful medication for a long period of time is doing nothing but prolonging suffering... I think the issue here is that ur being treated by a GP.. My mom is a GP and i know for a fact that she does have an adequate knowledge of psychiatric medications... Find yourself a good pdoc!
bps> Hi everyone
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> Not going to write at great length, because I feel terrible.......
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> Anyway I live in the UK
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> My GP told me that I have to be on an AD for over six months (preferably longer!) to know whether it will work or not
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> Surely this is wrong
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> I would have thought that twelve weeks at Max dosage would be sufficient?
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> Also if a patient isn't improving after a reasonable length of time then it might be more dangerous to not change their medication
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> These are just my thoughts
> Any opinions?
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