Posted by vanvog on April 23, 2013, at 1:15:26
In reply to Kind of illuminating!, posted by ihatedrugs on April 23, 2013, at 0:38:41
Interesting article, what he doesn't mention is that in many cases its peoples own fault they are TR in the first place as they fail one medication after another as soon as some side effects start bothering them (what did you expect?) instead of giving it 8 weeks at max dose, some of the meds they failed might have actually worked but it seems easier for some people to declare themselves treatment resistant than to sit through the initial side effects, ironically it's often the same people who are scared sh*tles of ECT and MAOIs. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everybody with TRD is just a wuss, it's a real condition but you have to give your meds some time to work.
Also could have mentioned high-dose MAOI treatment.
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