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Re: Effexor XL, how long is a fair trial?

Posted by The_Resistance on March 28, 2005, at 12:38:03

In reply to Re: Effexor XL, how long is a fair trial? » The_Resistance, posted by Racer on March 28, 2005, at 10:50:25

Thanks for the input everyone

Your support means a lot to me!

I'll try and clarify a few things.

I have been taking 150mgs of Effexor since 25 of November 2004.
I upped the dose to 225mgs in January because I was quite depressed, but went back down to 150 when I ran out of 75mg capsules.
A few weeks after going back to 150mgs I became very depressed again, so I went to my GP and asked for a dose increase.

To be honest I know Effexor alone is not going to be the answer for me. It does seem to help my depression somewhat at 225mgs.
However it doesn't help my Social Anxiety or my ADD/Apathy type symptoms.

Unfortunately it’s very difficult to get social anxiety or ADD treated effectively in the UK.
UK docs are very reluctant to prescribe Benzos and MAOIs, and it’s all but impossible to get stims

I'm going to see my NHS Pdoc on the 7 of April. I don't really trust him so I think I will stay on the Effexor and see what he offers, I can always accept if it’s good.

I'm sorry if what I'm doing sounds mendacious and deceitful, but to put things in perspective I find him quite difficult to deal with. He is very distant, when I told him I was taking Dexedrine he implied I was addicted, although there was nothing to suggest I was.

Don’t really know what to do :(


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