Posted by Sad Panda on January 28, 2004, at 23:37:11
In reply to Re: so far no perfect drug but I need help » Rainee, posted by PoohBear on January 27, 2004, at 12:02:38
> Effexor is NOT an SSRI
The marketing men at Wyeth call it an SNRI, but it's not really, the only real SNRI's are the tricyclics like clomipramine & amitriptyline. I've also heard Efexor being called 'Prozac with a punch' which is ironic because Prozac is a better norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor than Efexor is & that is why it is know as the most energizing of the SSRI group. My doc started me in Prozac, but I hated it so he switched me to Efexor which is putting me in a good mood but it hasn't given me an energy yet.
Cheers,
Panda.
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