Posted by linkadge on September 6, 2006, at 13:46:17
In reply to Re: To Linkadge, posted by deniseuk190466 on September 6, 2006, at 13:14:09
I totally believe you when you say that you responded right away. I have heard quite a few people say the same thing. Officially, they say that you shouldn't respond right away for a few reasons.
1) Immediate responses make antidepressants
look more like pep pills.2) It encourages the patient to stick with
with treatment.3) Some people do take a while to respond.
My mother had a similar response to a related drug (Doxapin) when she had her first depression.
I think the medications that effect norepinephrine can work faster too. Drugs like amphetamine block the uptake of norepinephrine and improve mood almost immediately.
Depressed people tend to have altered REM sleeping patterns. It is possable that your nightmares are related to this type of alteration.
If you ever got the opportunity, you could try one night of total sleep deprivation, and then try starting an antidepressant like dothepin the next night.
There are a number of articles which seem to suggest that a short courses of sleep deprivation can accelerate the antidepressant response to certain drugs.
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.sleepdep.html
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