Posted by kpo2002 on May 18, 2002, at 2:49:53
In reply to re: low dose effexor, posted by Lia Mason on May 9, 2002, at 11:48:39
I have to say one thing about trying new drugs for pain, you pretty much know right away if they are going to help or not--it's not like for depression, where they say that you have to take a drug for 4-6 weeks to get a blood level. If it's gonna work you should notice a difference right away. See my latest posting on the "Any Success with Effexor?" site to see why I discontinued this drug. My advice to you is to begin a CAMPAIGN AGAINST PAIN right away. If you do not get rid of this pain, the constant bombardment of chemical messages of pain cause permanent irreversable bio-neurological damage. You must try one drug after another even if it means going to ten doctors. I was able to make one pain go away permanently by accidentally finding out that paxil worked for one pain and one pain only. (That left about 49) Because I got the paxil about 6 weeks into the blinding pain I was able to eliminate the feeling that some one had poured kerosene into my lap and set it on fire. It took about 5 months and the side effects from the paxil were so severe that I stopped and started many times and in the end I was taking 1/32 of a pill. I cannot impress this upon you enough. Do it while you can--because once you get to the blinding pain stage you can forget about running to doctors. You'll be lucky if you can stay vertical long enough to shovel some food into your face. My teeth rotted because I couldn't even brush and floss.
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