Posted by Noa on August 5, 2002, at 14:58:59
In reply to SERZONE - EFFEXOR COMBO - please help, posted by ben on August 4, 2002, at 2:31:51
I take both Serzone and Effexor--Effexor in the am and Serzone at night.
The combo works for me. The serzone was originally added when I needed more AD effect and the small dose of trazodone I took for sleep stopped working after a while.
At first, the ratio of Effexor to Serzone was large, but over time, we adjusted them so that I took less effexor (to avoid some of the unwanted effects I experience at higher doses) and more Serzone (to increase the AD effect and also to counteract more of the overactivating effects of the effexor). I have been on 262.5 Effexor and 500 Serzone for a long while now, and it is the best combo I've found--not perfect, of course--but the best of all the meds and med combos I've tried.
We are all different, though, so think carefully about and talk to your pdoc about your history with different meds and what serzone might or might not offer for you.
Good luck.
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