Posted by r.anne on January 11, 2001, at 19:04:55
In reply to Re: SSRIs and especially Effexor re:elizabeth, posted by lissy on January 11, 2001, at 7:42:25
r.anne: I take 2 capsules of effexor now. I had to cut it down but it works well for me. I also take other drugs and when other psychotropic medicines are taken it can have an added sedative effect. As a result, I have had to cut down on all the meds. I take. So now I take 25 mg.of seroquel, 30mgs.paxil and 75 mgs. of effexor xr. This has helped with the sedation but I also found that I have to set my clockradio for about 7 hours of sleep because if I don't my automatic wakeup doesn't work. I mean I will sleep forever-one day till 4 pm. But since then I have also cut down. This morning I wasn't as sleepy as I had been. I only got about 6 hrs. last night and feel fine today. This is my second time on effexor xr and I don't know why but the first time it did not agree with me. Now, with this combination I feel alright. Apparently there are many who do very well on effexor and many who do not do well on it. There's my 2 cents for whatever it's worth.
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> > > > Has anyone experienced an inablility to get themselves out of bed at a reasonable hour after 4 to 5 months of therapy on an SSRI? I noticed this on medicines like Paxil and Zoloft, but with Effexor it became serious enough as to hinder my ability to function at my job. I literally often wasn't able to wake up until 12 or 1 in the afternoon. Has anyone else ever had this happen???
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