Posted by needesp on September 6, 2005, at 0:34:38
In reply to Re: marijuana and antidepressants, posted by Declan on September 5, 2005, at 23:43:34
> Hey needesp, did I understand you right that your son restarted marijuana immediately he started Effexor. Because if he did....
> Maybe he finds Effexor numbing, do you think?
> DeclanNo he was on 150 mgs of Effexor and 15mgs Avanza for 6 weeks before he went into the clinic (he wasn't being helped at those dosages - OCD and resistant depression need higher doses!). He was put on 300mgs Effexor and 60mgs Avanza (doubled overnight!) for the last 4 weeks of his stay in the clinic. He had no side effects when he came out (heaps for the first 2 weeks he was on this high dosage)but was still having some depressed days. The depression lifted at the 7 week mark on the higher dosages and his social phobia was non existant at the 8 week mark (his OCD was still there but not as bad). But at 11 weeks on the higher dosages he started to have breakthrough depression and his OCD was escalating again. So at the 13 week mark on the higher dosages the Psych upped his Effexor to 375mgs.
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