Posted by fairnymph on April 12, 2003, at 13:53:05
In reply to Re: Effexor Q's--PLEASE ANSWER, posted by jack smith on April 9, 2003, at 15:34:09
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> Taking it for depression/anxiety. I am at 150, got there in about two weeks of ramping up and sedation kicked in at that dose, been on that dose for about a week. Pretty intense daytime sedation. I am going to give it a month before I conclude that it is here to stay. How high did you get? Did you like it? Withdrawls?I got up to 450 (the max dose)...it evetnually pooped out for me, but until then I loved it. I did work up to higher levels (it didn't start working for me at all until 300 mg) then I would stay at that dose for a while utnil it stopped working then ramp up etc. I had withdrawal but it was manageable and I just handled it with a slow taper. It wasn't agonizing or anything -- more just annoying.
> Did you take all the IR at once? So, did your sedation only end once you switched to IR??Yep, I took it all at once. And the sedation did end only when I switched to the IR, but I wasn't at that high of a dose (maybe around 150 or 200 mg?) when I switched, so I don't know if that might have been a factor in my dose (i.e. higher doses were less sedating).
Hope that answers your questions, sorry abotu the late response.
Julia
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