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Posted by Ryan2828 on July 20, 2006, at 7:08:52
I asked a nurse a while back and she said this drug and other AD's have it added into them that generally can make you sleepy foggy. Well Seretonin is a chemical that relaxes etc I have been on 225mg xr for a long time now
Why am I so slow, drowsy about mid day afternoon and towards the evening?
I am confused mid day is very hard I so sluggish very hard to function not motivated unless I drink some coffee. I have tried everything I even take Ritalin, I have eaten a better diet, also taken B Vitamins you name it
I still neeed caffiene to cure this symptom
should I take it before bed> or do you think Effexor
Posted by Phillipa on July 20, 2006, at 12:29:33
In reply to 4 years on Effexor and I still feel tired/sleepy, posted by Ryan2828 on July 20, 2006, at 7:08:52
If it makes you tired why not try it? Love Phillipa
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on July 20, 2006, at 15:32:22
In reply to 4 years on Effexor and I still feel tired/sleepy, posted by Ryan2828 on July 20, 2006, at 7:08:52
Hey Ryan
Well I took Celexa for one year, and I was really tired too. I had to sleep all the day.
Okay it could be one of two things (these are things I have picked up on whilst being here i babbleland):
1) Effexor is influencing your 'normal' sleep, so that perhaps you aren't in one of the phases of sleep for long enough, so you don't ever properly get refreshed. And so you become sleepy the next day. I forget which stage of sleep that sertonin reuptake inhibitors (and SNARIs I suppose) stop/reduce.
2) Because you have increased your levels of sertonin (even though I think effexor also acts as a noradrenaline and dopamine RI at higher dosages, but maybe yours aren't that high yet) this skews your neurotransmitter ratios in favour of sertonin, meaning that you get a relative drop in dopamine and noradrenlin and so this manifests itself in becoming apathic, unmotivated, etc ie all the things that dopamine and noradrenlin do for us, you become lacking in. So you end up sleepy etc. Are you apathic as well?
Well for me, it resolved itself when I quit celexa. It was like a revelation - wow I could stay up past 9pm without being sleepy!!!
Anyhow, I say try reducing the dosage and/or stopping it completely. For me, I was just as bad on SSRIs (and effexor) as I was without them.
Kind regards
Meri
Posted by Phillipa on July 20, 2006, at 20:08:48
In reply to Re: 4 years on Effexor and I still feel tired/slee, posted by Meri-Tuuli on July 20, 2006, at 15:32:22
Merri me too I'm weaning off the luvox. I've had it with ad's. Will stay on the lamictal and valium. And I owe you an E-mail. Love Phillipa
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