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Posted by Ricardo on October 5, 2008, at 21:51:16
After a whole happy year on Effexor (75mg a day), I found myself in a new bound of depression about a week ago. Nothing too serious, but I'm not as well as I was before. My questions are: 1) Is it normal, so all I have to do is keep up with the medication as is? 2) Should I suggest to my p-doc a dosage increase, or 3) a complete change of medicines?
Many thanks and good luck to all!
Ricardo
Posted by azalea on October 6, 2008, at 20:15:59
In reply to Depression after a happy year on Effexor, posted by Ricardo on October 5, 2008, at 21:51:16
You definitely have room to increase the Effexor higher; max is 375mg/day. Loss of effectiveness of an antidepressant was seen with Prozac and referred to as "Prozac poop out." Would definitely recommend talking to your pdoc about options if things are going downhill before your symptoms become more serious.
> After a whole happy year on Effexor (75mg a day), I found myself in a new bound of depression about a week ago. Nothing too serious, but I'm not as well as I was before. My questions are: 1) Is it normal, so all I have to do is keep up with the medication as is? 2) Should I suggest to my p-doc a dosage increase, or 3) a complete change of medicines?
> Many thanks and good luck to all!
> Ricardo
Posted by elanor roosevelt on October 7, 2008, at 21:45:43
In reply to Re: Depression after a happy year on Effexor » Ricardo, posted by azalea on October 6, 2008, at 20:15:59
you are on a low dose of effexor
talk to your pdoc about increasing the dosage
if it's been working it's worth a try
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