Posted by bleauberry on September 8, 2011, at 18:51:21
In reply to Effexor Failure versus Pristiq Success, posted by SLS on September 7, 2011, at 16:52:24
I thought you had already been on effexor? I guess only a personal trial would show if pristiq was better or not? Anyway, I remember reading a post at one of the med rating sites where a guy who reminded me of all of us....longterm, many meds, many years, etc....who was taking effexor and wellbutrin without much effect but then added milnacipran to the mix and resulted in remission. After dropping the wellbutrin, staying with just effexor and milnacipran, remission continued. Case study = 1 of course, but hey, at this juncture of the road I think anything that worked for someone else and is different than you've done before should be on the radar screen. That person certainly couldn't be the only one on earth that would respond nicely to that combo. I suspect it could be a potent combo for treatment resistance but of course no one would ever think of it as a combo to try. I mean, combine two SNRI's? Well, you know how that is , Effexor hardly even qualifies as an SNRI, and both meds have very different structures and differing methods of action, so anything's possible.
Anyway, effexor vs pristiq, I don't know. I just wish nardil had been more robust. Thought I would mention the milnacipran combo thing since you are already familiar with that med. Hang in there because many people here need you.
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