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Re: How high are the chances venlafaxine might work?

Posted by glennb on December 22, 2008, at 11:29:32

In reply to How high are the chances venlafaxine might work?, posted by Onestone on December 18, 2008, at 11:45:44

To answer your question, they do not know why venlaxafine might work for you given that drugs a, b, c, did not. As far as I know, all these drugs work slightly differently and the fact that any one might work for a given person may actually be a side effect of the medication rather than the intended effect. This is intensely frustrating for people like us and I totally empathize with your frustration. I recently trialed venlaxafine and had no response to it. That doesn't mean you won't. I'm now trialing Cymbalta and had the same initial reaction you did when the next doctor suggested it. When done with this trial, I will have been on every SSRI/SNRI except lexapro. But it kind of behooves us to jump through the hoops and try all this garbarge looking for what works for us. So again, to answer your question 'why will this work' nobody really knows and the more honest doctors will tell you that. Your last paragraph sounds like you are having suicidal thoughts. PLEASE seek immediate help if you are. Also, please understand you are not entirely alone in your suffering. Good luck with the trial. If it doesn't work out move on to the next thing. By the way, it makes sense that tramadol would make you feel better. I use oxycodone to ease my pain, opiates work, they are as the other poster mentioned dangerous. You don't want an opiate addiction on top of refractory depression.


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