Posted by SLS on June 12, 2015, at 20:53:37
In reply to Fetzima (dose), posted by b2chica on June 12, 2015, at 17:47:46
> i just started Fetzima on Wednesday at 20mg (once a day).
In other words, you are a Fetzima newbie.
> i would like to know if anyone knows what the average dose for this med is?
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> and how quickly can we go up.http://www.rxlist.com/fetzima-drug/indications-dosage.htm
> i have noticed absolutely nothing and would like to up sooner rather than later. but didn't know if there are problems with going up to fast.
It has been my observation that standard reuptake inhibitor antidepressants take a minimum of 2 weeks to feel even the slightest bit better. There are cases where someone will feel a small "blip" improvement that appears for a few days during the first week and then disappears. This is probably a good sign of eventual therapeutic response. However, it is not necessary that one experience this in order to respond.
It is not what the drug does immediately that makes you feel better. It is how the brain rearranges itself in response to the drug that produces the antidepressant effect. I'm sure you realize that if you never allow enough time for this rearrangement to occur, you will never respond well to anything. I don't have enough of a "feel" for Fetzima to know its dose / time characteristics.
I still wonder if Latuda is making you feel worse. Saphris is another new antipsychotic with antidepressant properties. Even though it was not a good drug for me, it has given a friend of mine a new life. She has schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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