Posted by tenuous on November 13, 2000, at 13:37:11
In reply to Re: Quick increases in Effexor Dosage, posted by Cindy W on November 11, 2000, at 23:41:29
I got one of those starter free samples with seven 37.5mg pills and seven 75mg pills. The idea was to ramp up a week at a time at those levels before going to 150mg/day. But since I didn't have a problem with any side effects, I upped to 75mg the second day and then came the insomnia. I stayed at 75mg for a week then upped to 150mg/day. The insomnia lasted for 4 weeks. It's been six weeks now and even with taking the effexor on an empty stomach with coffee I don't get any nausea. I sleep 7-8 hours at night and take a 1 hour nap most days (I do need to take 50mg trazadone to get to sleep at night.)
As for the sexual side effects, those are still there. But I figure that after you commit suicide you probably don't feel like it either, so trading sex for relief from depression is worth it for me. I will however be chatting with the doctor to see if this side effect can be alleviated, no point in doing without if there IS a solution.
Hope it works for you as well as it's working for me.
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