Posted by ben on August 12, 2002, at 12:11:19
In reply to Re: SERZONE - EFFEXOR COMBO - please help, posted by Noa on August 5, 2002, at 14:58:59
Thats interesting ! I think the Efexor helped me but seem to poop out. I wonder if I should go higher with Efexor but there is the sleep problem ?! I also take Neurontin 900 mg divided in 3 doses and Lithium. Another problem is fibromyalgia like pain. Effexor should be good for that but I feel no effect - even worser !?
> I take both Serzone and Effexor--Effexor in the am and Serzone at night.
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> The combo works for me. The serzone was originally added when I needed more AD effect and the small dose of trazodone I took for sleep stopped working after a while.
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> At first, the ratio of Effexor to Serzone was large, but over time, we adjusted them so that I took less effexor (to avoid some of the unwanted effects I experience at higher doses) and more Serzone (to increase the AD effect and also to counteract more of the overactivating effects of the effexor). I have been on 262.5 Effexor and 500 Serzone for a long while now, and it is the best combo I've found--not perfect, of course--but the best of all the meds and med combos I've tried.
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> We are all different, though, so think carefully about and talk to your pdoc about your history with different meds and what serzone might or might not offer for you.
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> Good luck.
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