Posted by psychosage on May 27, 2004, at 22:21:43
In reply to Re: ULTRASENSITIVE: EFFEXOR minimal effective dosage?, posted by griswald on May 27, 2004, at 14:51:38
venlafaxine {effexor} immediate release comes in 25mg pills. XR comes in 37.5mg. The insert says you can open capsules and sprinkle them, but I wonder if all the beads are the same size.
All psych pills have side effects, and don't mistake tolerance to side effects for a placebo or therapuetic effect.
If you took just one 25mg effexor immediate release once a day you would probably not have an even effect or enough action throughout your waking hours.
You should try something with a longer half life at a low dose if you are still compelled to stay low.
Are you in a part of the world where Strattera or Edronax can be taken? That can combat the sedation.
I take provigil to balance out my mood stabilizer, Trileptal and the sedation from Effexor XR {75mg}.
At higher doses past 150mg or 200mg Effexor's norepinephrine action is supposed to kick in to therapeutic levels {it is 4 parts to 1 serotonin to norepinephrine effect}.
good luck!
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