Posted by cubbybear on January 30, 2003, at 23:31:49
In reply to Re: In the depths of depression--please help » indirect00, posted by indirect00 on January 30, 2003, at 14:25:40
>.> > Well, are you feeling any better? I would imagine that if the medication is right for you, it won't take longer than three weeks to kick in.
Hello Indirect 00,
First I'd like to tell you that I tried sending you an E-mail last night--just to try it out--and wonder if you received it. If so, please acknowledge.If not, then maybe I'll re-send it, but instead of highlighting on your address as noted in the blue letters in your posts, I will send it straight from my regular e-mail and type the address under "Compose" and see if that works. If not, then, never mind, we can always communicate through this board.Now, back to the important stuff: Sorry to say, I am not at all better, doing horribly in fact, and it is approximately one month (28 days) since I started taking the Aurorix at therapeutic dose. (It's actually been longer than that, if you consider the few weeks spent when I took it previously at sub-therapeutic dose.) So I've seen at least one month go by on this med and I've never felt so sick and depressed in my life. There are absolutely no side effects. It's as if I've taken a dummy pill.
I've read that one should give the Aurorix about 4-6 weeks to kick in (the "average" for most any AD), but since my depression has actually worsened over the past month, I had this "revelation" this morning (amid my agony) that something is terribly wrong. . .if a person doesn't feel the least bit better, and even feels WORSE after taking a med after one month, wouldn't it appear that that med is the wrong one and a switch should be made?
So I plan to tell my pdoc tonight that I believe it's time to quit on the Aurorix. It's evidently failed the trial. Please let me know what you think.
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