Posted by Sassy on May 10, 2000, at 15:04:53
In reply to What to do with effexor know?, posted by Andre Allard on May 10, 2000, at 2:51:45
Hi,
At one time my doc augmented with remeron at night. I hear this helps in the sexual arena, can't comment on this, but I can say that it gave me a refreshing night sleep without making me groggy after a few days and appeared to work really well with the effexor. My doseage was 30 mg, but I cut back to 15 mg, when trying with
another med since I had the problem with the effexor. That was about the third week and I couldn't tell the difference of a lesser doseage.I have a question for you. How do you break up
your 225 mg doseage of effexor? I'd like to try the same to see if this will eliminate the weight gain issue for me. I was on 150 mg 3 times a day. Do you take it on an empty stomach?
I usually have a 3 to 5 pound gain the next day.
I've had to go off it several times.Good luck to you!
Sassy
>
I am currently on 225mg of effexor xr. The effexor has
> helped out greatly with my social anxiety disorder as
> well as my depression. Still, I am very much bothered
> by side effects such as a decreased appetite (if I did
> not force myself to eat I would probably weigh 100
> pounds), and anorgasmia during intercourse (very
> bothersome for my partners and I). My depression
> is still present at times. Normally, the effexor would
> be increased, but the two side effects listed above
> are enough for me. I have been on effexor previously
> and then switched because of these side effects. I have
> tried many other AD's - none worked like effexor. I
> have also tried augmentation with lamictal with no
> success as well. I do not want to add lithium because
> of the weight gain. I have discussed augmenting the
> effexor with pindolol or buspirone but the doc says
> he has not seen much success while using these meds
> for augmentation. My psychiatrist does not know what
> to do and neither do I for that matter. Also, both of
> my psychiatrists have been reluctant to add another
> AD to the effexor as they like to keep things simple.
> I disagree with not adding another AD because I have
> previously taken left over AD's and noticed a
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