Posted by zinya on July 21, 2003, at 12:37:14
In reply to Re: re: dividing granules,Rx to Dr. Bob and/or » zinya, posted by noa on July 20, 2003, at 17:22:39
hi noa,
thanks for responding again... I recognized your moniker but from quite a while ago, not recently, and i wasn't sure if maybe you were a monitor... I much appreciate your input and i guess it's finalizes my decision to try a big leap after i take my last 100 mg dose i'd already divvied up before getting your previous post, which will be tonight. So tomorrow night i'll gulp :) and take the leap to 150.
I've never before advanced at even a 37.5 level. Because i'd had such bad side effects on all previous a-d's I'd tried, I had read here before i started that somebody said you could divide up the granules, so i'd confirmed that with the pharmacist and so i started with HALF of a 37.5 (19mg) and even then, and on a full stomach, etc., the next morning i awoke with nausea and other side effects, so i was glad i hadn't taken a full 37.5 even. The side effects were mild enough that i could manage them, so i stayed at each level at least a week and sometimes more, waiting at least until any side effects subsided (except that i now have such chronic excess sweating that it is the one side effect which never really goes away). (Plus it must have lowered my metabolism cuz i'm sure i'm not eating as much but my weight is staying constant.)
I started at 19 at the end of May, then went up to 37.5, then to 56, then 75, and now 100 for the past week.
What level are you on? How long have you been taking Effexor and what effects pro and con have you been getting?
thanks again for your very helpful input.
zinya
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> No, I'm not a monitor here. And, actually, I have not had my observation confirmed by anyone "in the know". It is simply an observation I made. I probably should have qualified my comments to that effect.
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> I don't know about what dose kicks in the norepinephrine action. But there are lots of folks here who know about the chemical actions of the medications. Try starting a new thread asking that specific question. Maybe address it to SLS or Larry Hoover or St. James, to name a few of the people who seem to have a lot of knowledge.
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> What dose are you on now? Does increasing by increments of 37.5 affect you too strongly?
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