Posted by pretty_paints on March 24, 2004, at 17:11:37
In reply to Re: Afraid of Effexor Xr, posted by Jeano on March 24, 2004, at 16:39:29
Ah, okeydoke.
Sorry to highjack this post (dont mean to!) but was just wondering if I could ask a question...
My doc gave me the same, 37.5mg per day. It was in the regular form. He said he'd then increase this after a week. I read the sheet inside and it said that the usual starting dose was 75mg per day. But obviously, my doc prescribed this dose for a reason, so thats cool. Probably because I was on 40mg prozac and came down to 20mg over one week and then had one week of nothing. So he was probably just playing it safe.
I was fine with the 37.5mg, but I fancied having the XR version since thats a modified release and the idea appealed to me more than getting some WOOH wooosh with the regular version. However I put a post on here and people reasured me, so then I wasnt really bothered either way. HOWEVER I had to go visit my doc for some iron tablets because I'm really anaemic and the subject of regular/XR came up. It was a different doc to before, as my other guy is ill. Anyway, this other doctor was like "oh well I can give you some XR if you like" and I was like "okaay then". Then I realised it only comes in 75mg tablets, which is why the other doc probably prescribed the regular version..
GRRR. Wow, this post has become waaay too long! haha. I'm a bit bored tonight, is why :)
Right so the whole point of this post (er if I can still remember what that is..) is that I'm gonna go with the 75mg XR tablets. The 2nd doc knew I'd only been off prozac for 2 weeks. But I feel a bit bad as I have a good, trusting relationship with the old doc (whos out ill). Do you think it will make much of a difference if I take the 75mg instead of the 37.5mg he prescribed? It cant be dangerous can it, otherwise mr 2nd doc wouldnt have given me the okay. I just wonder whether I'll even notice a difference on the 37.5mg, since it seems such a teeenyweeeny dose compared to the 300mgs people on here are on!
Am I making a mountain out of a molehill here?!! Yes I think so. So I'll bring this little passage to a close.
any advice appreciated!
ciao!
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