Can A New Test Predict Which Antidepressant Will Work for You?

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One of the chief problems for anyone who chooses to take medication to treather postpartum depression or anxiety is figuring out whether a medication will even work for you. Psych Central reports on a new test that may be able to predict how you'll respond to certain antidepressants. There's more on this hereand here.

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  1. Mark
    Mark on September 16, 2009 at 11:59 am

    That would be a HUGE help! It can be a real pain to find that magic drug and dose mix.
    When my wife got PPD, they gave her one drug and said "here, try this for a while and see how it goes." When that was not working well, they switched her to try something else. While she switched, her world went weird and I had to take time off to take care of her. She totally lost contact with the real world at times. Even then, the new drug helped her mind, but the side effects were rough. She is finally on a drug that helps her mind without messing with the rest of her body, but it took a lot of trial and error that we would have been much happier without.

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