Posted by B2chica on February 10, 2009, at 8:42:46
In reply to Re: Good grief...NOT a pro ssri video, posted by SLS on February 10, 2009, at 6:58:17
>>to monitor a patient more frequently at the beginning of a drug trial when untoward reactions are most likely to occur, and spend more than 5 minutes with a patient per visit thereafter.
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BINGO scott. couldn't agree more here. i think THIS is the real issue. you go into a pdoc and see them for 5 maybe 10min, you just can't get across whats going on with you in that time. and once ever few weeks is not enough when you start a new drug. But the people should also not be told that SSRI's are "fix it" drugs like they claimed is said in the video. Doc' need to tell them to self monitor and CALL CALL CALL if feelings are awry! also being monitored by a therapist once a week is also helpful someone who sees a person for at least 45min. can get more insight.
the combo of the two have been life saving for me. Also that my T talks with my Pdoc. Also KEY.there are just too many incidents that go wrong within the first week or two of taking a new AD (or dosage adjustment)
Overall, it was a very biased video, and was blatently against SSRI's but something tells me that SSRI's weren't maybe even appropriate for some of these folks? trying a TCA or even adding a AP might have really made the difference here.
JMHO
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