Posted by zinya on June 18, 2003, at 19:59:04
In reply to Re: new symptom: inordinate sweating!! » zinya, posted by NThompson on June 18, 2003, at 0:28:53
Hi NT,
just now checking back in after being unable to log in earlier today apparently due to my own internet...First, while again we are all individual and all have unique reactions to these drugs, all i can say is that i have had to take vicodin for years as an emergency pain reliever for a spinal problem and when i'm in back or neck pain it's the only thing that works -- but i always take only 1/2 a tablet to begin with, which usually is enough. I've never had a single side effect from it and when you only take it when pain flairs (as soon as possible), it's not addictive either. I've never gotten "habituated" to it and had to take more for same effect.
That said, i've had to take it since starting Effexor too and it's never been a problem. I think the very first time I did, i found myself falling asleep unusually early, which vicodin alone had never done to me, so i assumed it was the combined effect atop the Effexor, which has had its own modest effect on sleepiness for me which the vicodin seemed to compound. But since that first time, I haven't noticed that effect either.
But it's always good to run these things by your doctor -- even to call and leave a question for him to answer to confirm.
Gosh, you're on 75 mg already at day 5. Was that the doc's advice? I'm taking it so much slower than that that i might be a bad gauge, but that's cuz i knew i was hyper-ultra-super-sensitive, so i'm in week 4 and still only at 37.5!! It probably means you're going to mush through the side effects at a faster (but perhaps more intense) pace too. Almost everyone says these symptoms leave after 2 weeks to a month or so. And i think day 5 is possibly too soon to see the positives yet.
Your pdoc meant that the side effects go away as your body gets used to it. BE VERY SURE if you ever should decide to go off of it, that you do NOT go off it cold turkey but scale off very gradually. Everyone but i think one person here has reported horrendous side effects from going off too rapidly.
sending you hugs again and i will sometime say more about my own history here... If you are interested you could trace some of our posts back too and catch up on some things i might not think of even to mention again. I, for example, started on Effexor on May 25 and probably started posting the next day.
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