Posted by jay on June 4, 2005, at 17:26:50
In reply to How would people feel about Effexor if... ???, posted by SLS on June 4, 2005, at 8:49:41
> How would people feel about Effexor if there were no withdrawal syndrome?
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> I asked this question over on the Withdrawal board, but I wanted to see what sorts of responses I would get here.
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> - ScottScott, it was the most "numbing" drug out of all psychotropic drugs I ever took. I asked a clinician at McMaster/St. Joseph's Health Centre here in Hamilton, Ontario, (I went there for a full battery of tests.) both about the numbing, and why it aggravated my anxiety, even after being on it for 4 years. She suggested that it may have to do with it's norepinephrine actions, most of it in very technical detail I barely remember, but mentioned there seemed to be common symptoms as to those taking Paxil. Now, Paxil has pretty high norepinephrine action, doesn't it? She also emphasized mostly though that it was the very short half-life, and doctors should be prescribing b.i.d. at least, which I find odd for one reason: Other psych drugs like Luvox have very short half-lives, but you don't here of too many problems from withdrawing from it. Same with Serzone. Even more questions than answers....
Hmmm
Jay
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