Posted by snarley on February 17, 2004, at 0:03:38
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR for ADD? frustrated w/ my psychiatris » snarley, posted by Kacy on February 16, 2004, at 14:11:59
thanks for the input kacy, that actually helped a lot. My doctor hasnt really brought up Wellbutrin as an option, will bring that up when i talk to him tomorrow.
I was wondering what your side effects were when you were being upped on the Effexor? I'm up to 187.5/day at the moment (doc plans to take me to 225--maybe more) and i've been experiencing the standard dizzyness/twitches after the increase, which have since gone away. the sweaty hands/feet however have not really gone away (i have been on 150/day for moderate depression for the past year). I made the increase to 187.5 about a week ago and the sweaty hand thing has really been getting on my nerves as i sweat all over my homework papers for no apparent reason (i'm not nervous or anything). I've had to start placing an extra paper between my hand and my homework while i'm writing to soak up all the sweat. It's pretty disgusting--If i hold a hand up within about 20 seconds the sweat will accumulate and drip right off my hand. I also cant really operate the touchpad on my laptop now as the hand-sweat pools on the pad and makes the mouse jump around. ICK!! I tend to have vivid dreams as well but those dont bother me really. Should i tell my pdoc about this when we go over my meds tomorrow or will this go away? I've had the sweat thing happen before but it has gone away within a few days in the past, it has been a week this time and it's annoying the heck out of me.
Schoolwork is going ok, though i've found i've been more distracted since upping the effexor (it's probably the sweating thing). I have a take home midterm due tomorrow and i'm almost done with it. Still have some back homework to do but i think my profs understand what i'm going through and are willing to work with me.
Marley
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