Reddit mentions of Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology

I believe Stephen Stahl's Prescriber's Guide for psychopharmacology may be what you're looking for.

It gives dosing ranges for each disease state, how to initiate dosing, and tidbits such as whether it might be used as an augmentation agent. I have his Essential Psychopharmacology book, and I absolutely love it. He's a great writer - clear, but thorough.

My psych residents find Stahl's Prescriber Guide to be very helpful for clinical decision making. I believe the latest edition is the 5th.

Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is good for general psych knowledge. Latest edition is 11th I believe.

Don't forget to have a copy of the DSM 5! At least for billing/coding purposes. Despite its limitations, it is the system that all insurances, etc use.

Also a shout out to Daniel Carlat's website, newletter and CME products. I find them helpful, and devoid of any Pharma advertising.

These are good sources for the psychopharm side of practice. If you are interested in doing psychotherapy, there are some good sources out there as well.

Hope this helps. And thanks for entering our field. We desperately need more good people, and the work though tough is very rewarding.

Haha dude, I can tell you're taking stimulants. :P

I think you would really enjoy these two books if you don't already reference them:

• Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications
  
  
• Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Prescriber's Guide
  
  I love these. I have read Essential Psychopharmacology cover to cover and it's such a great introduction. I used to reference the prescriber's guide all the time, especially when I was taking an MAOI. I was feeling so bad when I saw you typed all that stuff because you could have left it at "neurotoxicity risks" and I would have gotten it, but you're clearly into it, and other people find it helpful.
  
  One thing though: 2-3 hours for Vyvanse to kick in? That's a joke, to me. I can't believe so many people accept that?

>Buproprion

>How Long Until It Works

> Onset of therapeutic actions usually not immediate, but often delayed 2–4 weeks

> If it is not working within 6–8 weeks for depression, it may
require a dosage increase or it may not work at all

• May continue to work for many years to prevent relapse of symptoms
  
  http://stahlonline.cambridge.org/prescribers_drug.jsf?page=9781107675025c16.html.therapeutics&name=Bupropion&title=Therapeutics
  
  >Atomoxetine
  
  >How Long Until It Works
  
  > Onset of therapeutic actions in ADHD can be seen as early as the first day of dosing
  
  > Therapeutic actions may continue to improve for 8–12 weeks
  
  >* If it is not working within 6–8 weeks, it may not work at all
  
  http://stahlonline.cambridge.org/prescribers_drug.jsf?page=9781107675025c12.html.therapeutics&name=Atomoxetine&title=Therapeutics
  
  Both of those links are a summary page of Stahls 5th Edition Prescriber's Guide aka this amazon link
  
  Now the prescribers guide has 2 to 6 pages per each med that it lists, but the website I linked to is a free preview with less information. You can buy the hard copy, buy a digital copy, but Stahl also has a yearly subscription to get the full data.
  
  Like I said before in a previous post I am not a doctor but everywhere I have read in both Wellbutrin and Strattera you should wait 3+ weeks and most resources say 6 weeks to see if the drug works for you or not. Some meds you can tell within a few days, some it only takes a week or so, but those two meds you need a longer time period of several weeks to see if they work.