Posted by KaraS on July 14, 2004, at 15:50:51
In reply to Re: Effexor - Whoops forgot something, posted by LynnPerley on July 14, 2004, at 7:38:58
> I started ntoicing this after I had been on 300mg effexor for a long time and finally mentioned it to my psydoc. A low dose of generic ritalin (5mg to 10mg, twice daily) was all it took to help with this side effect.
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> I posted elsewhere that the generic ritalin is helping me with any disontinuation symptoms I am having as well. Generic ritalin is cheap and other than having to hassle with a paper prescription, it is convenient and it really helped a lot.
Hmmmmm, I have some of that here. Maybe I could take a little to speed up my withdrawal. Only problem is that the 5 mg. pill makes me sleepy. My doctor at the time said that if I increase the dosage that it might become activating and help with focus (which is what I wanted). I could try taking 10 mg. but I'm too afraid of it totally knocking me out.
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