Posted by Molybdenum on May 28, 2008, at 19:08:11
In reply to Re: how fast can i increase effexor? Help!!!!!!!! » Molybdenum, posted by shadowmon on May 28, 2008, at 0:19:00
> Thanks, I have a sneaking suspicion that it may be the culprit, because I did a very fast changeover because I can't tolerate being off anything (I fall into bad anxiety and depression, cant eat etc) I'm not sure though. The dr. did tell me to take a .5mg of risperdal to help cut the edge so at least I can function at work. I took one whole mg today and was a zombie and slept all day, but I could tolerate and I was actually able to eat something late this afternoon.
Hmmm.....my doc tried to augment my AD with Risperdal once. 24hrs after the frst tab I was a zombie & felt horrible. So I dropped that straight away - just my experience.
One thing I was reading that might be of interest to you is this site : http://www.psychotropical.com/Latest_PUN_Notes.shtml Undopaminergic put me on to it. Now, the retired pdoc running it is probably not the sort of person you'd want to get stuck on a desert island with. He certainly has some strong opinions but from what I've read so far, some of it "rings true".
For instance, he has noted that on many occasions a patient says they felt better when he was crossing them over from one AD to another - better than how they ended up feeling on the new one alone. In such cases he puts them back on a combination of both the new & the old, which he claims has very good results.
So if you find after a month that Efexor alone is not as good as when you were on both, then maybe you should talk about it with your doc..?
You may have stumbled upon a "good mix" for your brain chemistry. :)
Good Luck
M.
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