Posted by SLS on July 28, 2022, at 16:19:09
In reply to Re: Does lack of motivation from Pristiq ever go away? » linkadge, posted by TriedEveryMedication on July 27, 2022, at 19:47:38
> > Hi there,
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> > I don't have an answer for you, but am interested in any responses. Have you taken venlafaxine? Can you compare the motivational side effects between the two?
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> > I am seeing my doctor next week, and am (loosely) contemplating a switch from venlafaxine to desvenlafaxine.
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> > Linkadge
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> Hi Linkadge, I've been on venlafaxine, mostly around 75mg. Similar lack of motivation issue with it. The longest I've been on it was maybe 5 months.Had you ever thought that perhaps higher dosages of venlafaxine - up to 300 mg/day - would break through some dosage threshold beyond which the amotivation, brain-fog, and blunted affect disappear? You might then be left with a clean robust improvement. I doubt any such threshold would exist for you at a dosage lower than 150 mg/day.
Just a thought...
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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