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Posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 9:37:09
225 effexor he wants me to up too 300 anxiety is not any better I hate to leave he house basically I'm still depressed. I did better on just an ssri but doesn't effexor have ssri effect? Am I not trying hard enough? by not making my self do things? could that be it.. this sucks
HELP!!!!Rainee :(
Posted by linkadge on June 7, 2004, at 9:51:58
In reply to i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 9:37:09
I know where you are. Although SSRI's and effexor have some things in common they do work differently. Many people did not feel better on effexor than they did on an SSRI.
Linkadge
Posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 10:22:46
In reply to Re: i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by linkadge on June 7, 2004, at 9:51:58
Thanks now I know I'm not going crazy....I could jsut cry....:(
Posted by SLS on June 7, 2004, at 10:51:14
In reply to i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 9:37:09
> Am I not trying hard enough? by not making my self do things? could that be it..
No, Rainee. You are definitely not lazy.
It's the depression.
> this sucks
You'll get no argument from me.
:-)
- Scott
Posted by MGOLDW on June 7, 2004, at 11:37:47
In reply to i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 9:37:09
Hi! What SSRI did you take? For how long? Why did you change to effexor?
How long have you been on effexor?
Sorry for all the questions, but it is important to know in order to give you proper advise.
You are not lazy, the anxiety is paralyzing you!
Posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 11:54:17
In reply to Re: i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by MGOLDW on June 7, 2004, at 11:37:47
The longest SSRI I took was prozac for about 5 years and it worked wonders in the begining but the depression broke through but it still helped with anxiety and obbsessive thinkining. I tried paxil and also lexapro really all the same effect.
I have been on effexor for 5 weeks starting at 75 working too 225. I hope I can get better my family needs me.Rainee
Posted by MGOLDW on June 7, 2004, at 12:31:35
In reply to Re: i don't think i'm getting any better... » MGOLDW, posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 11:54:17
> The longest SSRI I took was prozac for about 5 years and it worked wonders in the begining but the depression broke through but it still helped with anxiety and obbsessive thinkining. I tried paxil and also lexapro really all the same effect.
> I have been on effexor for 5 weeks starting at 75 working too 225. I hope I can get better my family needs me.Wow! It looks like you have tried them all!
I have tried Celexa and I am now taking Lexapro. Both have worked pretty good for me. Both helped with depression and severe anxiety as well. I also take Xanax as needed to control anxiety. Maybe you should talk to your pdoc about it. I mention this because, at least in my case, it is the anxiety that parealyzes me. I cannot function when I suffer an anxiety attack. Once the anxiety is under control, it is amazing what I can accomplish in just a few hours.
Best of luck, let us know how you are doing.
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Posted by Sad Panda on June 7, 2004, at 21:02:36
In reply to i don't think i'm getting any better..., posted by Rainee on June 7, 2004, at 9:37:09
> 225 effexor he wants me to up too 300 anxiety is not any better I hate to leave he house basically I'm still depressed. I did better on just an ssri but doesn't effexor have ssri effect? Am I not trying hard enough? by not making my self do things? could that be it.. this sucks
> HELP!!!!
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> Rainee :(
>Hi Rainee,
Have you had any positives from Effexor? Generally the upper dosage limit is your blood pressure. Effexor at low doseages is like an SSRI, as the doseage increases, it begins to affect NE as well, so it has SSRI side effects as well as NE side effects.
Cheers,
Paul.
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