Posted by SLS on August 27, 2015, at 14:46:47
In reply to Re: I sometimes wonder » Meltingpot, posted by phidippus on August 26, 2015, at 23:23:19
> > I sometimes wonder if a lot of people give up on antidepressants simply because they feel so bad on the starting doses when if they had gone straight on a high dose they would have felt relief and continued to take them.
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> Starting on a high dose increases the risk of side effects, which is why people start on a low dose.
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> Your experience is an exception to the rule.
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> EricIt is conceivable that Denise's prior exposures to medication left her less reactive to subsequent exposures, both in terms of therapeutic response and side effects. This has been my personal experience, and I doubt that I am unique in this regard.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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