Posted by blueberry1 on January 30, 2007, at 19:06:34
In reply to Re: Do you have to get a lot worse before better?, posted by notfred on January 30, 2007, at 18:52:09
> "I think you do need to stick with meds longer than 3-4 days to get a good idea of how they will affect you long term. It seems a fairly common reaction to ADs - my friend recently started his first psych med Celexa and his social anxiety got incredibly worse during the first two weeks before a sense of calm came over him. I've noticed this myself many times."
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> Everybody is different, but if I bailed on AD's
> before 6 weeks I would be posting here that I am treatment resistant and no AD's work. Instead I have been in remission, mostly, for the last 2 decades. For me, initial effects (first 1-4 weeks), do not predict if the AD will work or not.
>Yeah, but when you get a lot WORSE? I mean A LOT? I know what side effects feel like and how they go away. This is like drug induced depression more than a side effect.
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