Posted by utopizen on October 25, 2002, at 6:22:01
In reply to Re: No response to Effexor- how long?, posted by Alara on October 24, 2002, at 23:53:24
Wow, you guys have been incredibly helpful. For a second there I thought I was being "impatient" and "greedy" not waiting until the very last second of the "6-8 weeks" we're so familiar with reading on the promos.
Of course I'd only up my dose after speaking with my doc, I was just hesitant because I was thinking "well, maybe if I say something he'll be impatient with waiting and then I won't really know if I could get away with 150 or not." But that's just silly, being afraid your own doctor will be impatient.
Clearly, since I have no side effects so far, I seem to tolerate it well. So I don't know why 225 a day wouldn't hurt. Certainly 150 isn't helping! And I probably should do it soon, because I'll need to know if even 225 works, or to go back to the drawining board or consider augementing it with another.
My doc said when he handed me the sample that if it doesn't work out I may have to combine it with another med. I'm not sure what he has in mind. After failed Celexa and Paxil trials, he isn't optimistic over the SSRIs, but he may think of these differently in terms of combining them with Effexor... who knows. Wellbutrin gave me a very severe dry throat that would wake me up each morning at 3am, which isn't good for my sleep. So I had to stop that. Shame, since I never even got to see if it worked. Maybe he'll try Serzone, I don't know. But first I want to give 225 a shot...
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