Posted by gbtbag on August 12, 2004, at 0:22:02
I am seeing my pdoc on wednesday and plan to tell her that i want to taper off Effexor XR, which i've taken for almost 5 years. i am sick to death of the sweating side-effect, and i've felt that it really hasn't helped me over the past year. i tried increasing the dosage from 150mg but the sweats were even worse.
i have tried Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and Serzone (the worst!) in the past. Prozac was the only one i could tolerate and that stopped working after 2 years.
i want to switch to something that will alleviate my depression and especially anxiety, but will not result in weight gain. i've never lost the weight i started putting on with Prozac 12 years ago and can't risk adding more.
i was interested in Topamax but mention in some threads here makes it sound scary--hair loss, not sleeping.
some of you have far more experience with a wider array of drugs than i have, and i am interested in suggestions for single drugs or combinations that could be helpful with depression and anxiety but aren't weight-gainers.
thanx.
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