Posted by Germaine on March 6, 2005, at 20:05:26
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? YES!, posted by Nesser on February 21, 2005, at 19:47:53
I started on Effexor 37XR and found within the first hour I felt better. I stayed on this dosage for six more days. Then I moved up to 75XR. I felt great for about 4 days then slowly I felt no effects.I then moved up to 150 XR after four weeks of feeling nothing much. This always happens to me with every antidepressant. I am 45 and have not been on an antidepressant for 8 years. Only because with everything I have ever taken Paxil, Nardil, Parnate, Prozac, and a host of others, this always happens to me. Somewhere between 2 weeks and 5 weeks, the effects of the antidepressant seem to disappear. I always end up just going off them and living on the depressed side. I self medicate. Lots of coffee and health food store pills. Going off them “cold turkey” has never been a problem either. Today I have taken nothing and feel good. So tomorrow, I will try 75mg and then take it every other day. Also, with alcohol, I can drink more than the next person can. I do not drink that much, wine,- a glass every night- but I never remember getting drunk since high school. My illness was an eating disorder for 14 years...so maybe it stems from that.
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