Posted by chiaratara on July 9, 2001, at 14:10:15
In reply to Re: Paxil and Efexor together ?, posted by ben on July 7, 2001, at 11:40:57
well, he put me on effexor because i seemed to have some loopholes in my depression that paxil wasn't filling. paxil definately helped with the anxiety and it made me feel a lot better, but i didn't feel like i had found the answer on my meds.
my doc thought he would try effexor, which works on the norepinehrine receptor. he called this more of an atypical depression-whatever he meant by that. he also thought that effexor would be a nice complimentry drug, which would speed me up a bit, because paxil dopes you out a bit.
i think you wrote somewhere else in the list that you are feeling pretty doped out by paxil. the dopiness goes away. i guess more what i am getting at is the complacency (sp?) on paxil. i was so chilled out and cool on paxil, it started to bug me. things would happen to me that should have bugged me or gotten me off my *ss, and didn't. effexor helped me with this.
chiaratara
> I guess your swaeting comes from Efexor. I had this side effect too, when I was taking 150 mg of Efexor ER. Paxil could cause it too but less frequent than Efexor believe me.
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> What did your doc say about this combo ?
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> > I am currently on 40 mg of Paxil and 75mg of Effexor. These are the only drugs I am on. I think the two work fantastic together. I think my depression was a bit a-typical, and that is why effexor helped. I am currenty going to try to lower my paxil dose and up my effexor dose because I am experiencing excessive sweating. That is reported with Paxil. So, we are going to see if I do ok with a little less paxil and more effexor. I like the combo because the paxil works so well on the anxiety , but can sometimes be a bit sedating. The effexor speeds you up a bit, countering the "stoney" feeling I get on Paxil. Let me know if you have any questions. Also, wait a while for the Paxil to kick in. You might need more than 40.
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> > > Does have experiences with taking Paxil together with Efexor ? I was on Celexa with Efexor for a while, then it pooped out. Now I am on 40 mg Paxil and probably I will need a augmentation drug.
> > > Theoretically there s an interaction between paroxetine (strong CYP2D6 inhibitor) and Venlafaxine (substrate of CYP2D6). I heared of people taking the combo Prozac/Efexor instead it shows the same interaction like Paxil.
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> > > ben
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