Posted by wendi on August 23, 2001, at 12:01:04
In reply to Re: Effexor energy roller coaster , posted by Andre Allard on August 23, 2001, at 0:12:31
> I also take trazadone at night and effexor during the day. I was never told what the trazadone did. How much do you take? I have taken anywhere from 50mg to 150mg at night but haven't figured out which dosage works best. Any suggestions?
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.
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> 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.
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> At this dose I can definetely feel the effects the drug has on norepinephrine.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Good luck!
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