Posted by Janelle on July 13, 2001, at 16:10:01
In reply to Re: PELLMELL: re Effexor and NE, SRI, etc:, posted by Simcha on July 13, 2001, at 14:54:25
Simcha,
Thanks for responding under this post - I appreciate it. I am now going to be on what I most likely need most - a mood stabilizer, but thought you'd be interested to hear that my doc said that I probably did NOT titrate up too quickly on EffexorXR as I had feared, but rather since I'm so anxious and agitated to begin with, the higher I went the more stimulating the Effexor got for me, so 150mg of EffexorXR may be too much for me, given my anxiety stuff.
What's weird is shortly after taking it in am I'd feel drowsy, then by mid afternoon, boom, the anxiety started to mount, panic, (no sweats), I got short of breath and my heart would beat faster. Sounds like your doc and mine are "in sync" (agreement) that 150mg is indeed enough to cause these side effects. Glad to hear that your side effects lessened the longer you took EffexorXR. I'm holding at 75 mg one more week, then doc and I will decide if I should gradually increase it or go with something else.
poster:Janelle
thread:70013
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