Posted by pretty_paints on March 10, 2004, at 14:36:07
Hello
Iv been on Prozac for 2 months for depression and anxiety (mainly depression). Started on 20mg then went up to 40mg after a month. It really did help, but my doc thinks not enough, and I agree. Still got v.down and couldnt be bothered to meet up with friends or do much. So we're trying Efexor now. Dont really know much about it though. To come off the Prozac, I have to do one week at 20mg and one week of nothing, and then I start on 37.5mg Efexor. I can see from other posts here and also the leaflet, that this is a really small dose though. Doc says he will increase it after a week. But why start with the smaller dose? I dont doubt he knows what hes doing, just interested really. And in what sort of jumps to you go up with Efexor doses? I mean, Prozac etc, people are all 20/40/60/etc, but this seems completely different. Oooh, one last thing. Are there different tablet sizes? I mean, what if you're on 300mg a day, do u have to take about 10 tablets??! Eeeek.
Any help would be appreciated!!
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