Posted by scoper on December 22, 2002, at 19:57:09
In reply to Effexor XR - Alternatives?, posted by khead on December 17, 2002, at 18:23:53
> Hi all (again)...newbie here...now ramped up to 150/day at week 3. So far, so good. My basic question is pretty simple. If this stuff sucks so bad why are you all either still taking it at one dosage or another, or going through all kinds of changes in getting off the stuff? WTF did you start with the stuff to begin with? Presumably in conference with yer doc/shrink, no? If we are all anxiety/depressed challenged on this board,
> AND have had some experience with these kinds of drugs because we needed them from the get-go, what is all this pissing and moaning about
> Effexor XR? F**k it, then. What about alternatives? Anyone?
> (Just wondering...)
Pharmaceutically, your choices are one of the Tricyclics, which are much worse for side-effects, or Remeron, which is not as strong, and not as effective. It will cause weight gain too from the elevation of Histamine.Naturally, there are many alternatives to the actions of Effexor XR. St. John's Wort taken with L-Tyrosine is one. 5-HTP combined with DLPA is another. You could also use SAM-E with St. John's or 5-HTP. Inositol taken with DLPA is another.
As you can see, it is easier to mimic the effects of Effexor XR naturally than with Pharmaceuticals! There are many, many more combinations than those I mentioned.
Scoper.
P.S.: I forgot to mention that combining an SSRI with the new drug Strattera, or Reboxetine, would also do about the same as Effexor XR. The side effect profile could be worse though!
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