Posted by anais on November 13, 2002, at 1:06:38
In reply to Re: Effexor Newbie, posted by Sioux on November 7, 2002, at 17:03:52
I'm a bit nervous about this effexor. I was taking paxil for 5 months, and it was better than nothing, but I was sleeping all the time, and would have serious bouts of crying a couple times a week. I saw my new pdoc for the 3rd time the other day. I arrived crying really hard cuz I was late and he doesn't extend visits if patients arrive late. Too, I was leaving the country in 2 days for 3 months and I really needed to sort out med issues. He saw that I was upset and suggested that I increase the paxil. I said no way cuz it makes me sleep too much. So he pulled out his prescription pad, wrote up some effexor for me, asked for his money (I don't have insurance now), and escorted me out of his office. I kid you not, I was there for under 5 minutes. I have no idea what this stuff is, and am scared cuz he's basing this med change on my crying fit in the office. I take 37mg/day for 2 days, then increase by 37mg every 2 days until i'm at 150mg. Is this usual for starting up? And what about this doctor? The pdoc before him would give me platitudes about how people are like plants and need water and sunshine. I've decided not to go back to either of them. Does anyone see a regular family MD for antidepressants? What's so great about pdocs? And what about this effexor mess? What am I getting into?
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