Posted by Andre Allard on August 23, 2001, at 0:12:31
In reply to Effexor energy roller coaster , posted by pellmell on August 22, 2001, at 13:52:37
The first time I took effexor I found it to be stimulating at a dose of 225mg. The second time around on 225mg I did not get the same response and the dose was not as stimulating. I then increased the dose to 300mg and turned into a god damn zombie. My days were spent sleeping, relaxing, sleeping, yawning and then sleeping some more.
The third time around, 75mg put me on my ass for most of the day. At 225mg it became activating again but did not seem to give the same response. My pdoc suggested cranking the does up to 375mg and now I am at 450mg.
At this dose I can definetely feel the effects the drug has on norepinephrine.
What used to take 225mg to work now takes almost twice the dose. I cannot keep on cranking up the dose or sooner or later I will be close to a gram.
The response from the effexor is not the same unless I take trazadone at night. I find that trazadone cancels out any irritibility and agitation. I also to 3g of tryptophan.
Good luck!
poster:Andre Allard
thread:75966
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