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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 236401" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This is my LONG LONG and EXTENSIVE <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> experience on antidepressants (since 23 years old and I'm 55). Some start out making you feel better, BUT the real effect doesn't kick in for six weeks, at which time you either can start feeling worse (if it is either the wrong medication for you OR if it starts making you manicky) or you can start feeling wonderful, normal!!! Unfortunately, the first happens more often. It took me until almost 35 to find the right antidepressant that makes me a normal person...lol (well, some would dispute the normal). Anger can actually accelerate on any antidepressant, and a very fast, good start on any antidepressant isn't really a good sign. It's supposed to take six weeks to kick in. The person who has a very early "kick" is at risk for angry mania as the drug builds up in the system (yeah, I've been told this over and over again by various psychiatrists throughout my life because I am a 'fast starter.'). If your daughter is threatening suicide it COULD be the medication, but it could also be emerging bipolar disorder (which has a high suicide rate as opposed to ADHD, which does not). Or it could be both. I hope this helps, even though I can't offer any solution. It took me a long time to get stable and sometimes I felt like a guinia pig. As an aside, if I miss even one day of antidepressant, I am intolerable to myself and others. And antidepressants ARE addictive and have a withdrawal effect. And no doctor ever tells us that, which ticks me off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 236401, member: 1550"] This is my LONG LONG and EXTENSIVE ;) experience on antidepressants (since 23 years old and I'm 55). Some start out making you feel better, BUT the real effect doesn't kick in for six weeks, at which time you either can start feeling worse (if it is either the wrong medication for you OR if it starts making you manicky) or you can start feeling wonderful, normal!!! Unfortunately, the first happens more often. It took me until almost 35 to find the right antidepressant that makes me a normal person...lol (well, some would dispute the normal). Anger can actually accelerate on any antidepressant, and a very fast, good start on any antidepressant isn't really a good sign. It's supposed to take six weeks to kick in. The person who has a very early "kick" is at risk for angry mania as the drug builds up in the system (yeah, I've been told this over and over again by various psychiatrists throughout my life because I am a 'fast starter.'). If your daughter is threatening suicide it COULD be the medication, but it could also be emerging bipolar disorder (which has a high suicide rate as opposed to ADHD, which does not). Or it could be both. I hope this helps, even though I can't offer any solution. It took me a long time to get stable and sometimes I felt like a guinia pig. As an aside, if I miss even one day of antidepressant, I am intolerable to myself and others. And antidepressants ARE addictive and have a withdrawal effect. And no doctor ever tells us that, which ticks me off. [/QUOTE]
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