Posted by DINGBAT on March 3, 2002, at 4:49:20
In reply to I took 300mg EffexorXr » ST, posted by cmcdougall on January 23, 2002, at 9:04:11
Your experiences all seem so similiar! When tarted Efexor XR about 3 years ago (initially 75mg, then 150mg and thereafter 300mg), I thought THIS IS IT! The feeling od being just a little better than whatever 'normal' is supposed be was FANTASTIC (and it reduced my migraine headaches after 3 months). I recently went to my pdoc to complain of a kind of 'flatness', lethargy (usually afternoons), emotional numbing, etc. I think it was 'poop out'. My pdoc added Ritalin 30mg daily which made me very anxious, resurrected my headache problem and I asked to switch to SERZONE (200mg tds). Serzone was a little weird for the first week but now I'm feeling back to 'normal', no headaches, no anxiety. As a health professional (who doesn't believe in treating himself) many of my patients have had this problem too. I sense that it's most of the patients with so-called Atypica Depression and concurrent anxiety - personal observation only.
EFEXOR is a GREAT drug that helps many, many people on a chronic basis. Then there are those who benefit itially but 'poop out' even with dosage increases and/or augmentations. Augmenting Efexor with Serzone, however, *sometimes* helps 'poop out'
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