Posted by dove on September 3, 2003, at 12:45:54
In reply to Re: effexor side effects--feel like a zombie!, posted by Bill L on September 2, 2003, at 10:40:59
I'm taking a minimum of 225 mgs. per day and don't feel zombie-ish at all. When I ramped up I started with 75 mgs. for one week and went up another 75 from there. Effexor has more stimulating properties for many people than the majority of antidepressants, that's one of Effexor's strengths. I would check with your Dr, about increasing the dosage.
dove
> I'm not an expert on Effexor, but I think that 75 mg is too low for most people. I think that a more typical maintainance dose is about 300 mg.
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> Ask your doc if raising the dose might help. When the dose of Effexor is raised, different brain chemicals are affected.
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