Posted by Rob Hallett on July 10, 2002, at 15:15:53
In reply to Re: Mirtazapine Effexor, posted by fairnymph on July 7, 2002, at 12:10:48
> What pyschiatric disorder do you suffer from, depression? Or more?
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> Have you considered gving wellbutrin a try?
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> Also, regarding Effexor, 10 days of treatment (especially considering you have to taper onto it, or at least you should) should not be nearly enough for you to start noticing any improvement. I would think you would need at least 3 weeks, if not even longer...
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> You can't give Effexor more time, though, because you can't afford it?
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> You say prozac was working well for you for a while, have you considered other SSRIs?
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> good luck with all this....keep working at it!
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> ~fairnymphI'm currently on 450mg Effexor combined with 45mg Mitazapine daily,the former taken in a morning and the latter at night. Doses of Effexor up to 600mg are now being used in the UK to impact on intractable mood disorders, even though Effexors licence is only up to 375mg. Thus no alternative,but higher doses of Effexor. When I increased the mirtazapine above 45mg(in combination), it produced quite marked sedation! With Effexor at this level for 2 months now,my mood has lifted overall quite a bit, but I'm still getting periods of 2-4 days when I'm back to a state of no energy/depression/impaired thinking.
Rob
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