Posted by KimberlyDi on June 20, 2003, at 8:40:57
In reply to Re: Insomnia re: Effexor, prescribed Trazadone tod » KimberlyDi, posted by zinya on June 19, 2003, at 16:21:01
Zinya, actually my dosage was sort of "self adjusted" in the beginning. I expected my new p-doc to be mad, but she said my regular doc had prescribed the Effexor incorrectly (once a day) since it wasn't the XR kind (my insurance won't cover that).
I was on a XR starter pack (freebie!) with 37.5 mg 1 week, 75 mg 2nd week, and given a 75mg prescription. When I finished the starter pack & went to the Non-XR prescription, I noticed that by the afternoon, the Effexor wasn't working anymore. I started taking 1/2 of the 75mg tablet in the afternoons in addition to the 75mg tablet in the morning. After a few days, I was up to 75mg in the afternoon as well. By the time I saw the pdoc I was on 150 daily anyways (for at least 4 days). My anxiety level was building so she bumped me up to 200mg a day. It was my impression that lower levels of the XR version is equal to higher levels of the Non-XR version.
Funny note: She asked how many times I had been married. My answer "4 (yes four)". She asked if all of them ended in divorce. I answered "The first 3 ended in divorce. I didn't kill any of them." P-doc busted out laughing.
> This sounds good, Kim ... cuz you sound good,.... solid. Hopeful. Those are good things.
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> I'm curious: how long out of the 21 days were you on the 150 before she bumped you up?
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> And did she say what her criteria were for bumping you up?
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> wishing you well!
> zinya
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