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02/06/2010 05:33 PM
patty777

Hi, Finally my Doc feels after being on prozac for 20 years, I need a change.

He put me on Effexor XR, Starting a pack and eventually moving up to a dose that is helpful.

Wonder if anyone is taking this med and how it helps you.

Im also curious about side affects I have read about.

So if you can help me accept this med change, I thank you in advance. Wow That was an interesting therapy session, cried and yelled and screamed through the whole hour. Not kidding, sounds funny though. He was probably glad to change my medication LOL

Anyone Help???

Patty

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02/06/2010 05:56 PM  Top
FatherKarras
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I'm taking it. I think it's the best one I've been on (haven't been on Prozac, but a lot of others). For me, I think it has worked wonders. My lows aren't going anywhere near as low (I should mention that I'm also taking Seroquel with it, so that may be a combination working). I'm up to 300mg a day, and I think that's going to be increased to help deal with the "breakthrough" episodes.

My new pdoc did warn me, though, that even missing one dose when it's fully in your system can send you into bad withdrawals. The pdoc that started me on it never even told me that.

I hope it works for you as well as it has for me.

Patrick

Post edited by: FatherKarras, at: 02/06/2010 05:56 PM

Patrick

Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream--EA Poe

Nobody loves you when you're down and out; Nobody sees you when you're on cloud 9--John Lennon

And in the end; the love you take; is equal to the love; you make--The Beatles

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man--Friedrich Nietzsche

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all--Emily Dickinson

Current drugs:
Effexor 150 mg
Risperidone 6 mg q am
Klonopin 1 mg tid

02/06/2010 06:15 PM  Top
patty777

Thanks patrick, That sounds hopeful

Much appreciated

Patty

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