Posted by flygirl on March 27, 2004, at 13:36:02
In reply to Re: HELP..effexor/zoloft side effects ARGH!, posted by King Vultan on March 27, 2004, at 11:48:11
> What type of side effects is he suffering? Both Zoloft and Effexor are strongly serotonergic and may not be the best choice for some people. I've taken both of them and had insomnia problems on both, for instance. Both of them also seemed to make me emotionally aloof, but this went away after discontinuing the meds.
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> Todd
He's having sweats/chills, dizziness, (my head is swimming, is what he calls it), tremors or twitchs...that won't stop or go away. So much so that he can't sleep...where as before he was getting pretty "dozy" off and on throughout the day...now he can't seem to fall asleep and wants to so that he can experience some sleep. I'm wondering about toxicity....beuause as he was building up on the effexor he had about 2 solid weeks of doing great and feeling good...much better than he ever had on the zoloft too.
Any more ideas on this would greatly be appreciated.
I have called in to his pdoc but no return call yet. last night he took 3 37.5 pills and today he has taken only 2....we're thinking the toxicity thing...and yet wanting to avoid the withdrawl...
I have thought about giving him some of my prozac, but don't want to do that without speaking with pdoc first.
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