Posted by SLS on March 5, 2005, at 13:10:10
In reply to Re: Thank You in the case of Effexor withdrawal info, posted by bruin on March 5, 2005, at 10:59:47
"If you become depressed after lowering the dosage to 75mg, this should indicate something to you."
> Yes, that you are in withdrawal.
How would you go about differentiating depression as a withdrawal symtom from relapse?
> Return of symptoms is so consistently mistaken as a reason to go back to the med or up the dose.
This is true of anxiety and several somatic symptoms.
Where can you find evidence that depression can appear exclusively as a symptom of withdrawal such that it resolves spontaneously without further treatment?
> Personally, you'd be better off if you didn't view the drug as your savior, but rather as a stop measure which is now a major source of your problems.
How would you know exactly what her problems are at this juncture such that you are willing to prescribe for her treatment or non-treatment?
- Scott
poster:SLS
thread:466150
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20050228/msgs/466983.html