Posted by Alfred on November 4, 2004, at 17:10:23
In reply to 150mg is considered the lowest theraputic dose..., posted by Colleen D. on November 4, 2004, at 15:23:00
> for Effexor XR.
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> I have been on 150mg since mid-June and I was also jumpy, tired and sick to my stomach until I stepped up to the 150mg dosage. I began on the 37.5mg for a week and then the 75mg the 2nd week. The 150mg did the trick for me. But Effexor is not for everyone. You may not tolerate it well and need to try a different med, or you could give the 150mg a try.
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> Good luck!
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> Colleen
> PPD, GAD and OCD
I think I could put up with the side effects if Effexor was doing anything for me at all. My problems have become gradually more serious since January and now I've been off work since mid-June.Motion, when I'm concentrating, like driving or even cutting the lawn and concentrating on making straight lines, make me feel as if I'm drunk. The world goes two dimensional and I lose depth perception and some awareness of my surroundings. If I'm a passenger, I'm usually ok.
Sometimes, like now, reading a computer screen does the same thing.
I've been finding it increasingly hard to concentrate. I used to work as a service manager at a GM dealership and always was juggling 5 to 10 problems at any one time. I did it successfully for six years. Now I have a hard time with one item and something difficult like a government document is just beyond me. I'm intelligent, top six percent in Canada in IQ and this is a drastic change.
My memory has gone for a poop also. The worst recently was shopping with my mother-in-law. We bought some paint and apparently I picked up two mixing sticks and a can opener and put them in a bag. I have zero memory of this happening. It's not like someone tells you and it nudges your recall. There is nothing there. It happened to a different person.
I've had a CT scan, an EEG and I'm waiting for an MRI but the neurologist figures this is all caused by anxiety. I didn't even know I was worried about anything but we tried Effexor and I don't see any benefits.
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