Posted by undopaminergic on April 13, 2008, at 1:25:06
In reply to Effexor: Lowered Stamina While Working Out, posted by nyer on April 11, 2008, at 21:53:28
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> If you are curious, I seem to have chronic mild depression. That's what they say anyway. However, I have much much stronger phsycial symptoms of depression than emotional ones..mainly tiredness, never feeling refreshed after sleep, having a hard time getting out of bed, lack of mental clarity etc.
>Stimulants can help with that, but also make sure that you don't suffer from sleep apnoea. According to Wikipedia, "Symptoms may be present for years, even decades without identification, during which time the sufferer may become conditioned to the daytime sleepiness and fatigue associated with significant levels of sleep disturbance.".
Another possibility is that the Effexor may be interfering with your sleep quality. The best remedy for that may be cyproheptadine.
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> did sleep study,
>Ah, OK, I suppose sleep apnoea is ruled out then.
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> I have been a ping pong between medical doctors and phychiatrists each telling me to go to the other.
>A familiar problem in my exprience.
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> Back to the question, has anybody taking Effexor experienced lowered physical stamina?
>No, but I did notice it with another noradrenergic medication (reboxetine).
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