Posted by denise528 on August 30, 2002, at 12:07:46
In reply to Effexor ER and Zoloft combination, posted by butterfly58 on August 30, 2002, at 8:30:58
Hi,
I don't have experience of taking Zooloft and effexor long term. However, I have been on zooloft for about six weeks and it doestn't seem to help and sometimes makes me really agitated. Prior to that I was taking effexor which helped me concentrate and didn't cause anxiety but made me very apathetic and sometimes more depressed. I'm continuing to take zooloft at 100mg a day and I find that when I get really agitated if I take 37.5mg of effexor it seems to calm me down. I'm supposed to take zyprexa for the agitation (this helps more than anything) but thought I'd try other things. Maybe you should speak to your doctor about reducing the dose of effexor to start with. 75mg of Effexor made me feel like a complete zombie.
We're all different though so it's probably best if you take advice from someone who has been on them both longterm.
Denise
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