Why do antidepressants take so long to work?

Standard #antidepressant treatments take upto 8 weeks at the therapeutic dose to work - but their side effects make themselves known almost immediately (potentially leading to dangerous outcomes such as increased #suicidality). How does this make sense? They are clearly being absorbed and doing SOMETHING right away, but they take weeks of consistent dosing to have their desired effects (if they do at all). The suffering and morbidity that this causes poses a huge problem for psychiatry. Explore this perplexing effect with the #StigmaCrusher!

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