Posted by Chandelen on December 31, 2003, at 0:38:23
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
Hi, I switched from Serzone to Effexor a few years ago, and found the Effexor to work just alittle better. The Serzone tired me out even more than the Effexor. The tiredness, sweating, and the increased irritability went away in about 3 weeks I'd say, shortly after they bumped me up to 75 which I was worried about going up to. I would have taken the Effexor XR forever as once the side effects went away it was awesome for my anxiety, but a month or so later, I had a kidney stone, which they never found, and continued to have some kidney pain for the next couple months...almost got addicted to Percocet during that time. So I switched back to Serzone on a hunch and the kidney problem vanished. Probably just a freak rare side effect.
Now I take Serzone (75 2X/day) and Wellbutrin (75 2X/day) to help with the tiredness. This plus a very small dose of Buspar(2.5 mg 3X/day) has been an awesome combo for my anxiety. Amazing. Also I still take Propranolol(Inderal) 3X/day at 10 mg. That was the first one I took for anxiety to slow down the racing heartbeat and shaking hands. It worked for that but not for other things.
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