Posted by zinya on June 14, 2003, at 11:58:14
In reply to Re: monitoring what we say, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2003, at 20:31:43
Dr. Bob,
I'm a couple of days 'behind' in reading posts here, and just now came on your response here to my post back to you the other day. Thank you for that clarification. And now i'm wondering if I can pose two questions to you directly which exemplify the kind of comment I had thought (perhaps wrongly) might have been challenged if they were in error here. My doctor didn't seem sure about either of these matters.
Specifically, two different posters at different times had said that
a) It's okay to divide capsules in half, which means taking roughly half the granules one night -- just downing them without being in any capsule -- and then the remainder in the capsule the next night.
Is it true that there's no problem with doing this -- which in my case allows me to adjust even more gradually, in light of a past history of bad side effects and ultra-sensitivity to such drugs ??
b) Another poster said that the complementary effects of Effexor on the adrenal system don't start to kick in until 150 mg/day dosage? Is that true? Or does it vary by individual?
If you can answer these questions here, just as confirmation of what i've taken somewhat on face value here, i'd appreciate -- partly cuz i've already on occasion relayed this info on to others and i dont' want to be doing so erroneously. I guess until being reminded by your post, I half-thought that if such things weren't true, you would have stepped in to say so. But I gather your message here to be that that isn't necessarily the case, so I'm posting directly and hope you'll be able to confirm.
Thanks (for future ref, is this the kind of post that instead should be an e-mail to you instead? It seemed to be something of general value so i'm posting here)
zinya
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