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75mg seems like a really high dose to start off on....Or maybe I am just a different case. I am on a med. called celexa and i feel a difference with only 10mg and I have VERY little side effects starting it. Usually doctors will perscribe a really low dose and then evaluate every so often. IF you need more, they give you more. I am sure all meds. work different and therefor a "low" dose can be different for other meds. I dunno I am really happy with celexa because not only does it help with anxiety and depression but I am a lot more happy and motivated too.

Dosage is different for everyone. It can be affected by body fat content, overall weight, how strongly your body reacts to it, or whatever random concoction of digestive enzymes are in your digestive tract, etc. No two people are exactly alike, which is exactly why microbiology, pharmacology, and medical science in general is so fucking hard.

I think most people don't realize that most drugs themselves aren't whats affecting you in the endgame. Many drugs simply cause metabolic pathways to operate (or change how they operate), in many cases it causes some pathways to cease (caffeine is one such drug). Or there are many drugs that don't do much in their original state, but are then metabolized by the body into something that does affect things. Or sometimes the origional drug does something, and it's metabolite does something else. Detxromethorphan acts as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and it's metabolite dextrorphan acts as an NMDA receptor antagonist, which is what gives the drug it's PCP like dissociative hallucinogen properties. Although it is waaaaaaay safer than fucking PCP. Stay away from that angel dust kiddies, stick to triple Cs, unless you have a heart condition, but then if that's the case you shouldn't be doing any recreational drugs.



Shit, I can't ever stay on topic can I?

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 06 January 2012 - 11:30 PM

Hmm, i want to post something constructive on this thread soon, but i've had bugger all time for the internets recently. Uh, wait for me a little bit guys.

Migrant says: If anything, anti-depressants are only part of the solution to getting over a depression. Most of the time it could work and the person will continue on with their normal lives. But there are a few times when that simply isn't enough and people around that person need to realize that and give him/her a healthy dosage of social interaction.

I say:

I find it hilarious when people try to tell me they have clinical depression (self diagnosed of course). HA! If you had that you wouldn't even have the energy or desire to leave your fucking house, let alone speak to anyone.