Posted by Anna Laura on February 19, 2002, at 19:11:09
In reply to Re: Venlafaxine disinhibition: good or bad?, posted by Mark H. on February 19, 2002, at 10:12:11
> Anna Laura,
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> I think it is a very good thing. For me, what you describe has always been a long way "up" from depression. I must admit, however, that I usually have experienced your symptoms most strongly when I am going off of Effexor, as a rebound effect.
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> A little hypomania can be a refreshing change. If it starts to go over the top for you (becoming a mixed state of depressive agitation), then you might want to ask your doctor about periodic use of Zyprexa, which is used now as a single therapy for bipolar and works right away. I find I need to take a very small amount perhaps 3 or 4 days a month at most, some months not at all. I'm grateful for a medicine I can use as needed to help me regain my natural balance.
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> Since you're the *only* case I know of regarding venlafaxine disinhibition, I think there is a good chance that it is a sign that it is beginning to relieve your chronic, long-term depression.
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> Think positively, go with it, and work with your doctor if it becomes too intense.
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> Congratulations!
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> MarkHi Mark
Thanks for your encouragement, but i'm quite sure i won't go "up" that much as i have experienced something similar several times before without getting anywhere.You now, i have like a couple of "promising" days and then everything fades away. I'm afraid that this time won't be different.
I think it might be a good sign though.
May be this is the wrong med: i have read somewhere that the latter the effect kicks in, the higher the possibility you're taking the wrong med. I don't remember the neurochemical interactions involved since the're rather complex, but it's pretty much about "kicking" the wrong circuitry which "reverberates" thus grazing the right one at last. (Does it make any sense?)
poster:Anna Laura
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