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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
Before deciding a medicine did not work, check that it was taken at a dose and for a length of time that could have worked.
Venlafaxine is the standard example. At low doses it behaves much like a plain SSRI, and the second mechanism people choose it for only comes in…
Raising a dose does not simply raise the benefit. It raises everything the drug does, including the parts nobody was asking for.
As the amount climbs, a medicine begins touching things it barely touched before, which is why new side effects can appear at a higher dose of…
A newer version of a familiar medicine is usually a tidier version rather than a leap, and tidier is still worth something.
Desvenlafaxine is venlafaxine after the liver has done its work, given directly. The point of that is fewer differences between people who process…
If pain is part of what you are carrying, bring it into the same conversation as the low mood. They are not two separate appointments.
The pathways that dampen pain and the ones involved in mood overlap, and one of the antidepressants is licensed for nerve pain and long term…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Sometimes what is most missing is not mood but drive: the flat, cannot get started feeling. That can be named as the target in its own right.
Antidepressants lean in different directions, and one or two are weighted more towards the system carrying energy and alertness than towards…