Posted by jerseydevil on December 26, 2003, at 10:01:45
In reply to Re: Effexor, think twice!!!!, posted by Lyrical13 on December 26, 2003, at 0:54:34
I've been on Effexor for about three weeks and Paxil (another SSRI) for several years now. I'm also on Welbutrin at 400 mg/day (since about a year ago, the plan was to go on Welbutrin and wean off of Paxil, still in the process, the low dose of Effexor is to help finish the job - really it is a Thread of its own). I have experienced no "word loss" which I associate with the SSRIs or ADs. I experienced significant "word loss" when my Neurontin was bumped up to 2400 mg/day. My pdoc's solution was to scale back the Neurontin (I have since scaled it back further, which my pdoc knows about) and give me Provigil. Provigil is like speed for Alzheimers patients and it does seem to "pro"mote "vigil"ance. The other remedy seems to be time. The brain is an amazing thing and can reroute itself ever more quickly to find a word the fits the place of the word you can't find. These days I can sometimes notice when it happens even though no one else would ever notice. Good luck and talk to your pdoc.
- jerseydevil
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