Posted by kid47 on April 30, 2001, at 17:15:58
In reply to extreme fatigue and mental slow-down - please help, posted by MaggieB on April 30, 2001, at 16:49:52
Hi MaagieB. Sorry you're having a rough time. Conventional wisdom is to try most AD's at least 6 weeks. Is this your first AD? Did you feel this bad at 37.5mgs? If not u might ask your doc if you can stay at 37.5 longer & titrate up more slowly. Of course FXR might not be the right drug for you, but u won't know for sure without an adequate trial. It was the only AD out of 7 I tried that worked for me. Hope this helps. Take care.
> I have been taking effexor xr for 2 weeks. Severe fatigue and mental muddiness began immediately. The constant tiredness, lack of motivation and mental slow-down are contributing to my depression. I am now totally disfunctional. I have been reading this message board for over a week and have been encouraged to keep taking it because of the posts acknowledging similar symptoms and assurances that they normally go away. Each day I hope for some small improvement that would indicate that I have turned a corner, but there has been none. My questions is: does the severity of my side-effects indicate that I will not be able to take this drug? Is there something I should look for after 2 weeks that should indicate progress? I cannot afford to remain in this state much longer. I don't want to contact my doctor about changing the medication until I know I have given it a chance to work, but I'm beginning to think no one should feel this bad while adjusting to a new med. I took 37.5 mg. for 7 days and have been taking 75 mg for the past 7 days -- in the a.m. only. Does anyone have any thoughts on when to give up -- or not give up -- under these circumstances?
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