Posted by noa on March 20, 2004, at 12:04:07
In reply to Any positive's for effexor?, posted by thinkfast on March 19, 2004, at 5:07:49
Yes, there are positives.
Effexor works for me, better than the other meds I tried before. But I don't tolerate the SEs at higher doses, so I take it in combo with other meds becuase the dose I'm on by itself gives partial effect, but wouldn't be enough by itself. I took the regular until the the XR came on the market and I have foudn the XR to be far superior becuase of the very short lived effect of the regular, combined with the organizaitonal challenge of taking it the doses on time. Wiht the XR, I take it once a day in the morning. Some of us get insomnia from effexor, others find it sedating. I get insomnia, so the morning dosing is best for me.
Effexor, for me, is a good AD but it is also a serious med that tends to come with some SEs, and is hard to withdraw from when discontinued. So I think whether someone goes on Effexor depends on what other meds they've tried without success, for example, and having a doctor who would be willing to try combo therapy if the person gets some effect at lower doses and better effect at higher doses, but can't tolerate the SEs at the higher doses. I guess what I'm saying is that my experience tells me that if I had had a doctor who was strictly a monotherapy doctor, it would not have been worth it for me to try effexor at all.
Good luck.
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