will depression medications help me in short span

[ocean7]

I would like to know if depression medications will be effective in a week  or so after taking?

Actually,my current problem is i don't try to do things as i expect failure & i am finding it hard to push myself to do things.i have my university exams in a month but i am simply allowing time to pass by without effort.
I have been taking homeopath medicines,supplements but i dont find it right now that much helpful
so i would like to take allopathy medicines for now temporarily so that i can go with my exams.

my past history,i was diagnosed bipolar and i took allopathy for six months n gradually withdrew from it and took homeopathy medicines and now i dont have mood swings and all.i have hypothyroidism,pcod

my only problem is i couldn sit to study for long hours,i actually spend only half an hour a day or sometimes that too not..this makes me extreme anxious, fearful to appear for my exams but i usually pass with 60 percent but i really find hard to carry myself to the exam hall with all those fear,anxious etc which makes me to postponed my exams though i can get through easily..i always feel to study deeply but i dont put effort.its like, i have ideas but there is "no action" as also i except failure before trying.it"s really taking a toll on me as i am actually lagging a lot in my career.i really want to do something worthy in my life.

[ocean7]

Thanks for the response..it seems a gud thing..i will try to be so after my exams.

[M4Y0U]

Personally I try to be socially active. Being with friends or being socially active in online networks is something that is helping me very much.

M4

[ocean7]

Sorry,without searching i posted the quest..i did find some useful posts about vitamn  D and nutritions by m4you..it helped me.thanks m4you.

Apart from these,is there anything else one should do to help themselves to get away from depression?

[ocean7]

Another doubt,will the supplements like vitamins especially B,minerals especially selenium , siberian ginseng,ginkgo biloba help in depression?It need not be a large role but atleast will it help in small scale?

What else one should do to help themselves  to remain active i.e. to come out of depression..

[ocean7]

Thanks to both of you.The information really helped me.

[M4Y0U]

Homeopathy is not a remedy. The principle of homeopathy relies on the placebo effect. Homeopathy should be used in complementary with other evidence based medicine treatments as homeopathy used alone can be dangerous because if the lack of therapeutic effect or proof that the treatments is actually valuable (ie giving homeopathy to someone affected by a virus that would requires antibiotics is dangerous because we don't have no data other than the placebo effect that homeopathy is therapeutic). If you want to discuss non-science evidence based medicine then I would suggest you a redirection to the Alternative Therapies or Complementary forum. The homeopathy debates are growing largely and I can predict a complete removal of homeopathic products in pharmacies in a near future.

Yes it generally takes a month until you get the therapeutic effect from antidepressants. We call this the therapeutic lag. The principle underlying such principle is misunderstood and is still a mystery in neuroscience but it suggests that even tho you get a quick action of the drug, your brain chemistry needs to adapt and therefore, without the adaptation, the result is a non-significant therapeutic effect with instant adverse-effects. Receptors antagonists are supposed to act a bit quicker than the reuptake inhibitors which would support the theory.

Keep in mind that everyone is different and can react differently to different drugs.

M4

[jandd]

It generally takes a month before you will have the full effect of any anti-depressant.  Suggest you take meds for 4-6 weeks to and follow up with your doctor to determine (through blood test) if the medicine at a theraputic level and if you are gaining relief from your symptoms.  Good luck!