Posted by girlie on July 12, 2001, at 13:44:41
In reply to Drowsy + Lousy on low-dose of EFFEXOR XR, posted by Janelle on July 11, 2001, at 15:31:49
< I thought EffexorXR is supposed to HELP anxiety, not increase it? >
I originally went on Effexor for anxiety and it has been WONDERFUL for me! You probably just jumped dosage to quickly. I think I started out on 37.5mg/day, then went to 75 after a few weeks, maintaining my dosage until it was evident that I needed to increase (after session with psych), even then it was in low dose increases. I'm just reducing from 300/mg day (trying to get pregnant and think I should get off of this) to 225/day.
I was always a bit drowsy the day of and a few days after increasing doseage, but this drug has been awesome for me and it's helped me immensely!
Good luck!
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