Posted by Nefazodone Man on June 25, 2007, at 5:37:49
In reply to Re: nefazodone » Nefazodone Man, posted by Phillipa on June 24, 2007, at 21:30:21
Hi again, in 1997 I started out at 50mg in the morning, 50 mg in the evening - Usually you take it 12 hours apart, I take it at 11:00 AM and 5:00pm as I get reved very easy before bed. After 2 weeks I went up to 75mg in the AM and 75mg in the PM - After
2 more weeks I went to the full 100mg tablet in the AM and the 100mg in the PM and have NEVER gone higher for the last 10 years. The side effects I felt werenot traumatic, I mean I would feel a little light headed or off balance maybe an hour or so after each dose at first, or a little nausea, or faster heartbeat for an hour - AGAIN nothing really scary, and after a few weeks to a month they went away and my body adjusted, and I could feel the benefit of no panic attacks, more upbeat and starting to sleep better, less dreaming, better appetite etc. I was in a MAJOR Depressive Episode, and really 200mg a day did well, I should of taken 300 to 600mg. But each person is differen't, and for me the magic medicine was Nefazodone at 200mg - I consider 200mg a day not super low, but not high either, but I am willing to take it forever as long as my liver is ok, which it has been for 10 years. Cuase I do not get panic attacks, and when I get depressed from real life stress, I don't get as low as I used to that contributed to my Major Depression. It helped with my PTSD also. Again other than the very low RARE liver side effect versus all the people that have taken this Medicine and still do like me, I think it really is a decent medication.
Sincerely - Nefazodone Man
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