Posted by Racer on August 22, 2005, at 18:47:27
In reply to Effexor - I'm so confused, posted by ursula on August 22, 2005, at 0:14:54
I might be confused, but is the Wellbutrin/Prozac combination working well for you? If it is, there's no reason to change it.
If it's not working well for you, of course, that's another story...
If this is a new doctor, could he just plain be doing a "new broom" thing? Just changing whatever your last doctor prescribed in order to prove he's earning his fee?
My guess is that he has had good responses to Effexor with other patients, so he's prescribing it more often, and thus seeing more good responses. Make no mistake -- Effexor is a good AD for many people. I took it for a couple of years, in combination with Prozac, before it pooped out on me. As Ilene pointed out, this site isn't a great place to go for reassurance -- most of us are treatment resistant to one extent or another, most of us are here to learn more in hopes of finding a treatment that will work, and still allow us to live something like a normal life. Your mileage will vary, especially if you've responded well to meds in the past.
Did your doctor say why he was changing you over to Effexor?
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