Posted by Janelle on April 18, 2003, at 17:41:53
In reply to Lowered Effexor Dose Update, posted by noa on April 18, 2003, at 13:44:13
I continue to *marvel* at the dose of EffexorXR you are able to tolerate - I could barely deal with 150 or even 75!
I am someone who lowered their dose of Effexor - from 150 to 75. Heck, I had a pdoc who had me monkeying around with the dose back and forth between 75 and 150 for months!
I found that the HIGHER dose (for me 150) made my mood WORSE, I became extremely irritable and agitated for days at a time (a form of hypomania) only to crash into a deep depression that lasted a few days. EffexorXR 150 for me ='d mood swings that became more and more frequent/rapid.
YESSSSS! EffexorXR being activating sure DOES sound familiar to me - it definitely activated me into becoming aggressive at times and able to maintain a high level of irritability and anger but my body then became exhausted from pouring out all that adrenalin (cortisol?) and the result was debilitating depression in part as a way to recharge my battery.
In the end, going OFF EffexorXR was the best thing for ME. This is just MY experience.
I'm sorry but I have no idea why/a reason why lowering the Effexor dose would cause you to have a less intense effect with the Serzone and ativan. If anything I would expect the opposite since you've lowered an activating med. Hmmmm ...
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