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Originally Posted by lonely-and-sad
No I was not afraid. I am assuming you are asking mostly about the first time I took a medication. I was already severely depressed and had been depressed for 10 years. Sure my depressed mood worsened from very bad to very, very bad lol. Besides, in my case I checked in with my psychiatrist and he told me that it was not uncommon and he reassured me that my mood should improve after about 3 or 4 weeks. And it did after 3 weeks to the day I went from crawling to the kitchen at about 11am to ripping off the bed sheets when I woke up at 7am.
Now, why did he not warn me before about all the possible side effects before I started the medication? That is simple. First, there is something called nocibo. And secondly by emphasizing the negative he would have run the risk of having me further ruminate and delay getting medical attention I desperately needed. Anyhow, he did warn that there are side effects, as there is with almost every medication, but he did it in a way that informed me and did not alarm me.
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I am sorry, I have never heard of nocibo, what is that? You don't mean placebo, do you? If so, placebo effect relates to clinical trials. This has nothing to do with side effects when taking a medication. In truth, being on Psych Central is the first time I have ever heard arguments pro and con regarding being properly informed about side effects. Every single medication I have ever taken has come with an instruction sheet for usage, and side effects. The exception is this last year when I picked up my cetalopram. I am very suspicious that the side-effects paper was not included only in this case.
Also, tearing off bed sheets at 7 a.m. would alarm me, in my case! It sounds a bit manic, but that would be me. If a drug did that to me I would be worried.
It worked for you, and I guess that is all that mattered. Still, I do wonder if you meant placebo, because in this case I just think the doctor would be crazy to say that.