The treatment process of psychiatric disorders is generally long, unlike surgical procedures where the problem is solved, or internal diseases such as pneumonia or gastric ulcers where drugs are used and the patient is cured. This is due to the characteristics of drugs, which work by changing the balance of neurotransmitters, a process that usually takes more than 1-2 weeks, so the drugs are slow to take effect, and it usually takes 2 weeks to feel a significant improvement. However, side effects of the drug such as nausea and dizziness appear at the beginning, because the human gastrointestinal tract and the brain have a common neurotransmitter distribution, and generally adapt to 3-5 days. In general, sleep and anxiety improve relatively quickly, within a few days to 1 week. Improvement of depressive symptoms takes more than 2 weeks. Accompanying physical discomfort such as pain, dizziness, etc. can take more than 3 weeks. The course of treatment differs from that of other diseases and is generally divided into three phases: the acute phase, the consolidation phase and the maintenance phase, with the duration of each phase varying from disease to disease. In layman’s terms, the acute phase is when the symptoms are basically cured, and this period is about 4-8 weeks, and many people can cooperate with the treatment during this period. The second period is called the consolidation period, as the name implies, to consolidate the effect of treatment. Some people stop the medication on their own, resulting in relapse, which is not worth the loss. The consolidation period generally takes several months to half a year, during which time the main drugs generally cannot be reduced, while auxiliary drugs such as Valium can be reduced. The third period is the maintenance period, there is no specific time frame, if the disease is stable, you can reduce or stop the medication. The dose reduction should be slow and sudden discontinuation will result in dizziness or other discomfort, and patients generally think that the disease has relapsed, which is actually a withdrawal reaction.