Posted by bob on April 30, 2000, at 0:59:26
In reply to Re: WWIII Averted Q for Cam, posted by Cam W. on April 29, 2000, at 23:34:11
I think that it may appear as if some of us old timers "switch" more frequently simply because we've been around long enough to hear about all different sorts of meds and what neurotransmitters they work on and such, and we just start bouncing ideas off one another in the cases where we think we need a change. I know that for the two or three serious, major changes I've made in my meds, I've been on here bouncing ideas around and looking for advice for several weeks prior to actually seeing my pdoc about it.
Then again, a lot of us have been on a lot of different meds ... perhaps just the fact that I can talk about being on 12 different medications makes it sound like I switch early, switch often -- but that's been over a better than three year period now.
Finally, quite a few of us are long past trying monotherapies and are taking cocktails of different meds. I think that 6-8 week rule is particularly important in monotherapy or with respect to what is to be your primary AD or other major med. But say you've been stable tho not quite all that great and you add in an augmentor. If you give it two weeks and you have been heading downhill all that time, I think we're more likely to give it up and head back for that stability we had before the trial.
cheers,
bob
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