Posted by utopizen on December 31, 2002, at 22:24:41
In reply to Adderall/Effexor- dosing or dopamine level issue, posted by noelle on December 30, 2002, at 13:29:35
Okay, I took 300mg of Effexor XR for 5 months, just weaning off now. I can saw 2 things:
1. Effexor definitely did NOT help my ADD, even in the slightest. I had the worst semester ever, and will pay the price for the next 5 semesters to come as I struggle to make a comeback with a better GPA.
2.Effexor, in my case, actually made my ADD worse, only as an indirect effect of one of its side-effects. Impotence, or delayed orgasm, probably both. Anyway, as a result of not being able to have an orgasm frequently, and given my young age, I had difficulty concentrating on anything. And it wasn't because I was thinking about sex, it was that the chemicals released after orgasm are well-known to have energizing/focusing effects. Yet without reaching orgasm, the opposite happened, and I couldn't concentrate and hand in things on time. Simply put, I'm 19, male, and having no sex lowers my IQ. And Seinfeld lies.
3. I have taken every stimulant prescribable, including Desoxyn, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin. No difference from taking any of these before or after I started Effexor. Effexor may be responsible for acting like a stim in making your heart go up, temp go up, and all that bunk the nortyleptine is suppose to do for one's motivation, but unfortunately even 300mg made me no different than 0mg, on ADD or my social anxiety, and all it really did was inhibit my orgasm, with terrible consequences that include a rather humilating experience I won't detail here.
If you think sometimes Adderall works and sometimes it doesn't, it definitely is not Effexor's fault, unless you are over-looking the possibility I encountered. If so, stop and think if orgasm frequency coorelates to Adderall "potentiation" (otherwise known as you feeling focused, whether it's Adderall doing it or who knows).
But rest assured, either way, it's still all in your head =P
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