Posted by dancingstar on December 5, 2004, at 2:46:11
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » dancingstar, posted by PoohBear on December 4, 2004, at 20:55:09
It feels like no one will even give it a try when in some -- albeit not all -- but in some cases Tryptophan is truly enough, especially with the Omega 3's added in, which is wonderful for mood improvement.
These others drugs, Tony, are so strong; and the general practitioners and internists that are prescribing them for things like symptoms of menopause are not informed of all of the possible side effects, as you know. For example, in my case the family practice quack who prescribed many bad drugs for me also prescribed Effexor, but for fatigue -- as I have heard many other doctors do -- when Effexor actually causes pretty serious fatigue, though not in the intial stages of taking it. Most people say that they are more tired after taking Effexor for a few months, or so it seems from everything that I have read.
The mind-altering AD's are so powerful that I guess we wish that unless someone is under psychiatric care, folks would consider something less strong or with, perhaps, more predicatable results, like exercise or small amounts of herbs for milder forms of anxiety or depression, and it does seem as though most are not willing to consider this as an option; in part, maybe, because the results take longer to achieve and so they may think that they don't work at all.
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