Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on February 18, 2008, at 14:19:36
In reply to Re: effexor -- probably not at this dosage » dbc, posted by Racer on February 17, 2008, at 10:01:48
> > Its the NRI component. I was a raging irritable jerk on 300mg of wellbutrin.
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> NRIs can cause some people to be more irritable, but that's not likely the case here. At 75mg, Effexor is only acting on serotonin -- the effect of the medication is dose dependent, which the NE action only kicking in at about 150mg.
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>I had severe irritability problems after a few weeks on just 75 mg's of Effexor. It continued for months on the same dose.
My pdoc explained to me that Effexor always effects norepinephrine at a particular ratio. So, it's not as much at 75mg, but it still is there to a degree. A number of people on the board have brought this up as well.
Jay
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