Posted by psychosage on May 7, 2004, at 12:31:09
In reply to Re: effexor XR {just started} and provigil » psychosage, posted by Sad Panda on May 6, 2004, at 15:23:33
> > The last time I was on Effexor was a little over 4 years ago, and I was on nothing else. The side effects were very prominent, and I did immediate-release and XR.
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> Hi Psychosage,
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> Which side effects gave you problems?
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> Cheers,
> Panda.
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ejaculatory delay, sleepiness, nausea.
XR is much better for nausea. I do have that tingly serotonergic sensation, but it is not excessive.I am going to try to not go further than 75mg.
Perhaps I may need to ask that my provigil be raised because I am having the effexor napies.
When should I dose this beast, so I can anticipate when the sleepiness arrives?
I like the lessened anxiety. I chose effexor for particular reasons. I am really not fond of serotonergic drugs but effexor has opioid acitivty, and I have been having mixed moods with sharper than usual depressive pangs. None of the other serotonergic drugs have this kind of activity. I find the rest to be good for making colors brighter and numbing you a bit without alleviating all depressive or anxiety symptoms. All are demotivators to me.
Thank god I have provigil in my arsenal now, but my pdoc was worried the effexor might trigger some hypo activity and was pleased I am already on trileptal. That seems unlikely.
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