Posted by naughtypuppy on January 26, 2006, at 15:52:57
In reply to Re: Just took my first Effexor, posted by maxelle on January 26, 2006, at 13:22:21
That sounds exactly like me when I first started taking it. The teeth grinding (bruxism) and the insomnia. Don't take any crap frop your gp. He's the one that presribed the stuff to you and it's his obligation to treat the side effects. My doc kept telling me that I "should" be able to sleep better and left it at that. One of the common side effects of Effexor is insomnia. I was taking muscle relaxants and anti histamines to sleep because my doctor wouldn't presribe anything. Tell him to give you a benzodiazepine like oxazapam or a tricyclic such as trazodone. And yes, you can take low dose trazodone with Effexor even if the physician's desk refernce says it's contradicted. And no, benzodiazepines are not addicting unless you have or have had substance abuse problems. Most gp's don't know squat about psycotropic medications and really shouldn't be presribing them anyway. They just do what the drug company rep tells them. He probably gave you samples unless he already gave them all away.
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