Posted by corafree on September 18, 2004, at 4:51:57
In reply to effexor twice a day » corafree, posted by pablo1 on September 17, 2004, at 22:21:17
P: When I waited to take my second dose until the evening, and I mean sometimes bedtime, I spent from 4p on ... anxious, feeling suicidal, agoraphobic, and constantly calling the hotlines. Then I read about metabolization, and how slow metabolizers get everything used up real fast in the liver, leaving you w/o the drug in your symptom earlier than docs tell you. So I moved my second dose down to just about a half hour before all the bad symptoms were beginning, and now they never occur. Docs don't even tell you about this, at leat mine didn't. There are other ways that drugs are used up quickly in a poor metabolizer besides in the liver. Especially w/ extended release, if it says 12 hrs, I can figure maybe half that. Oh, better add that I do need a sleeping pill, but always have since was backslapped by ex if I spoke while in bed. I was feelin' drowsy on Eff-XR, but increased it and increased levothyroxine (thyroid) to 75, and have good energy all day long, just prefer to lie down and rest my mind when able throughout day. cf
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