Posted by Frank Sanello on June 26, 2010, at 12:39:23
In reply to is anyone taking a low dose of Effexor (37.5mg)?, posted by Blossom on June 20, 2010, at 21:24:47
> Hi Babblers,
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> I was wondering if anyone is taking the 37.5 mg dose of Effexor. I am a pretty small woman and I tend to be very sensitive to medication, so, based on previous experience with Effexor, my pdoc has decided to keep me at 37.5 mg for the foreseeable future. I've only been on for a little over a week, so I'm still going through the start-up phase with all of the negative side effects, but I was wondering if anyone here has had a positive mood effect with this dose.
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> Thanks,
> Blossom************************************************
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Dear Blossom,
To answer your above question, I did take the minimum recommended dosage of Effexor after the DEA approved the psychotropic drug. BIG MISTAKE! I didn't read the accompanying manufacturer's notes which warned that Effexor could cause "extreme lability."
An hour after taking my first dose, I became suicidal and viciously insulted my boyfriend, who never forgave me. (I'm not a pharmacist or some other kind of medical professional, so I can't advise you on the beginning dose of Effexor.)
But either your primary care physician or your pharmacist can answer your question about the correct dosage of Effexor to start out with based on your height, weight, and body frame. I wish someone had warned me about the drug's toxic side effects, and/or I had taken the time to Google Effexor's disastrous mood swings.
Before I began taking Effexor, my boyfriend and I never had a single fight because we both had codependent tendencies, but this time he refused to accept my profuse apologies.
Now I'm in recovery for two things: the abrupt breakup with the love of my life and the emotional drainage of a beautiful relationship ruined by my ignorance and laziness, which kept me from reading the microscopic literature about Effexors toxic effects.
Best of luck! And remember, if Effexor doesnt have the positive effects you seek, go back to your doctor and ask him for a useful alternative.
Frank Sanello
FSanello@aol.comIn an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile with him, I finally got around to reading the literature the manufacturer included with the prescription. One of the side effects was "extreme liability," which is just psycho-babble for Effexor's ability to turn your new medication into a rollercoaster of violent mood swings -- alternating between the depth of despair and the ecstasy any consumer of the drug experiences.
Stay away from this poison. It destroyed my relationship with the great love of my life, even though he was a primary care physician who already knew what extreme lability Effexor causes but refused to accept it as an explanation, not a justification for my rudeness I showed my lover, who ended our 20-year relationship, which had begun when I was 19.
Zoloft is the most popular anti-depressant in terms of popularity and sales. Zoloft also freed me from a 30-year OCD (obsessive-compulsive) called trichotillomania, which had forced me to pluck out my eyelashes since I was six. It also treated my Post-traumatic Stress Disorder syndrome flashbacks to painful memories of an earlier and ongoing compulsion to defoliate my eyelids. :)
Frank Sanello
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