Even then, it still would take longer than that. That's the one thing that most people don't understand about these pharmaceuticals.

I still think that it's effect of drugs + overdosage + mix with other substances + a dash of wishful thinking that caused Tommy to act the way he did.

Yeah he could still be sneaking misc. other pills (like the vicodin) when he can get them, combining a high dosage of those with a drug like selectra could very well result in an absolute goofy outlook on things.

Still, theres no need to really examine the results of these pills so closely...this is Rescue Me not some serious medical drama. Wasn't Jesus driving a sports car a while back?

There's a difference between fantasy (Jesus appearing all over the place in his hallucinations) and reality (the pill issue), though. It's a minor nitpick about the plot line. Since I work in situations with where people take all sorts of meds, errors like that tend to stick out more than other errors.

my grandma reacted pretty fast when they put her on something, I think Prozac
plus combining the real effect with the placebo effect tommy was probably having I could see it kicking in after only a week