Actually, in all likelihood some patients would still be feeling awful (if not more) in that scenario because some withdrawal effects would still be bleeding through while the initial side effects of the new one are still being worked out, depending on which neurotransmitters are affected for each of the two medications.
I've heard of some patients experiencing this under normal clinical situations when cross-tapering and switching to other SSRI's.
(many of the research they did publish was done via the following method :
step 1 : recruit volunteers who are heavily addicted to SSRIs
step 2 : take them off their medication overnight…
step 3 : give half the volunteers your new SSRI / give half a placebo
step 4 : ask them how they feel
step 5 : ?????
step 6 : profit
Actually, in all likelihood some patients would still be feeling awful (if not more) in that scenario because some withdrawal effects would still be bleeding through while the initial side effects of the new one are still being worked out, depending on which neurotransmitters are affected for each of the two medications.
I've heard of some patients experiencing this under normal clinical situations when cross-tapering and switching to other SSRI's.