Posted by Janelle on October 10, 2001, at 17:07:10
In reply to Re: Question about *Electric Head* ..., posted by SLS on October 10, 2001, at 0:16:27
Why did I discontinue EffexorXR - it was not working right for me and giving me persistent, undesirable side effects.
I titrated up to 150 mg/day, but was bouncing off the walls even before I reached that dosage level (feeling jittery, edgy, overcaffeinated, lightheaded, rubbery legs). It was so bad at 150mg that I called the pdoc that day and she had me cut back to 75mg/day.
The overstimulation went away, but I was foggyheaded and numbed out. The only reason the doc continued me on EffexorXR 75 mg was to hold that med constant while having me increase the Lamictal. If I had done BOTH tapering off Effexor and increasing Lamictal simultaneously, we'd have had no way of knowing which was having what kind of effect on me.
So, I rode it out for about 4 weeks on 75mg/day of Effexor, while titrating up to 100mg of Lamictal. The next step was to get off the Effexor, then start increasing the Lamictal a bit.
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