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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 107434" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Back when I was treated for epilepsy, the doctors would talk about the 3 week/3 month/3 year thing. For whatever reason, those were like milestones in judging how a paritular drug was working. The same pattern seems to carry out in the treatments for other neurobiological disorders. It's just a general rule of thumb that seems to be valid for reasons I don't understand. Interestingly, most drug studies last just about 3 weeks. What happens at three months is usually considered "long term" and covered by post marketing reporting (which is rarely done).</p><p></p><p>There is the theory that most doctors prescribe too much medication because they are looking for a quick fix. One person I know in England has a doctor who insists that there are fewer side effects and better results <em>in the long run</em> if the patient takes 1/4 of the recommended dosage. The person I know says that he was not happy with the results from his antidepressant when he was taking the full dose but, with this doctor, has found that less is more and that he is very happy with the results taking just a fraction of what he had been taking. </p><p></p><p>How long was Dylan on the Wellbutrin when he seemed much happier and when did he start seeming much happier? My son was much happier on both the Effexor and the Celexa and the much happier started within hours of taking the first dose. That's antidepressant induced hypomania and it is <em>not</em> a good thing. Anyone who is much happier within hours or days of starting an antidepressant is displaying an adverse reaction. I'd bet the farm that person will be going down the slippery slope to mood swing into anger and hostility by three months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 107434, member: 1498"] Back when I was treated for epilepsy, the doctors would talk about the 3 week/3 month/3 year thing. For whatever reason, those were like milestones in judging how a paritular drug was working. The same pattern seems to carry out in the treatments for other neurobiological disorders. It's just a general rule of thumb that seems to be valid for reasons I don't understand. Interestingly, most drug studies last just about 3 weeks. What happens at three months is usually considered "long term" and covered by post marketing reporting (which is rarely done). There is the theory that most doctors prescribe too much medication because they are looking for a quick fix. One person I know in England has a doctor who insists that there are fewer side effects and better results [i]in the long run[/i] if the patient takes 1/4 of the recommended dosage. The person I know says that he was not happy with the results from his antidepressant when he was taking the full dose but, with this doctor, has found that less is more and that he is very happy with the results taking just a fraction of what he had been taking. How long was Dylan on the Wellbutrin when he seemed much happier and when did he start seeming much happier? My son was much happier on both the Effexor and the Celexa and the much happier started within hours of taking the first dose. That's antidepressant induced hypomania and it is [i]not[/i] a good thing. Anyone who is much happier within hours or days of starting an antidepressant is displaying an adverse reaction. I'd bet the farm that person will be going down the slippery slope to mood swing into anger and hostility by three months. [/QUOTE]
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