Posted by europerep on December 1, 2011, at 18:08:39
In reply to Effexor 450 mg?, posted by SLS on December 1, 2011, at 12:20:25
Hello... I have been on 600mg/d of venlafaxine. I was on that dose for about 8 months. In total, i.e. including the time I was taking less than 600mg/d, I was on venlafaxine for approx. 18 months.
What questions do you have? Side effects were virtually none for me. Sexual side effects from venlafaxine vanished a month after I started it, thus long before I went on those high doses. I didn't have any trouble with sleeping either.
As for effectiveness: there was a huge difference between 375mg/d (which is now usually cited as the standard maximum dosage) and 600mg/d. Difficult to describe, but definitely a difference.
It did far from enough for me though, so after trying to augment it with other drugs (mirtazapine, aripiprazole, lithium... and buprenorphine... of course only venlafaxine plus one drug at at time) without success, I eventually tapered off and looked for solutions elsewhere...
Let me know if you have any specific questions that I might be able to answer...
ER
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