Posted by bleauberry on February 5, 2012, at 6:50:20
In reply to Return of Depression on Effexor, posted by never2late on February 4, 2012, at 16:23:31
The first thing I notiuced is effexor aint doing a good job for you. But it's only been 3 weeks. If you are still like this in another 3 weeks, then that sucks because it would mean effexor was a bad choice and now the awful withdrawals are ahead of you if you want to move on to something that might actually work for you.
Need to try high doses of folate and B12 before abandoning as augmentation before abandoning.
Need to try adding rhodiola before abandoning.
The concerta could be a double edged sword because while it might be helping you function it is likely simultaneously not helping, or worsening, whatever the actual underlying biochemical problem is.
As an example. Assume someone has a moderate degree of adrenal fatigue. The snapshot of a single moment in time from a lab test is useless so symptoms count more than lab. Ok. Concerta is probably going to help them function because it's going to provide the umph the adrenals are not doing. The problem is it will also overdrive and overtax the adrenals in the process, making the adrenal fatigue even worse, and creating yet even more bizarre puzzling things that cause you and your doctor to scratch your heads in confusion.
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