Posted by lucky on October 2, 2002, at 13:24:32
In reply to Re: Effexor and Alcohol no problem for me-surfer, posted by h20surfer1 on October 1, 2002, at 23:01:27
Surfer- thanks for your response!!!!!
> Lucky,
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> To answer your questions:
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> 1) I take my full dose first thing in the morning. It tends to wire me up. If I took it at night I think that I would have difficulty sleeping.
> 2) I noticed changes very quickly on Effexor. I could feel 37.5 mg and each increase in dosage. I had many side effects, loss of memory (would go to dial a tel # I know by heart and forget it), spaciness, a zingy feeling, ect. I did however feel an immediate reduction in my depression. I worked my dosage up to 150 mg which worked well for a couple of weeks and then I slipped for three days and upped the dose to 187.5 mg which has been working great for 3 or so weeks. I do not have side effects anymore except a decrease in libido. My Doc tells me that the "theraputic dose" starts at 150 mg and can be adjusted up to 300mg if required. I recommend going up as quickly as you can tolerate it to the highest dose your doc recommends and hold steady there for a few weeks and see how you do, you will know if you need more.
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> Good luck!
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