Posted by Sad Panda on February 16, 2004, at 3:48:18
In reply to My experience on Effexor + Zyprexa, posted by Camille Dumont on February 15, 2004, at 21:52:50
> I was first started on Effexor for depression with psychotic features ... up to 300mg. Then they added Seroquel but that zombified me.
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> And then my doctor gave me 5mg of Zyprexa. It was fine for a week, but once it had had time to accumulate in my system all hell broke loose. It apparently lowers the seizure treshold and it gave me petit-mal seizures dozens of times a day ... I had trouble talking and involuntary jerks. It happens to some people.
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> I guess my advice is make sure you're started on a small dose ... 1.25 or 2.5 and be carefull ... talk to your doc if you experience any wacky side effects. From waht I understand its on the "heavy artillery" side of atypicals. But for some people it can be a life saver.
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Doesn't sound like a lot of fun. Efexor is a very pro-convulsant med too, it's been shown to be as bad or even worse than tricyclic AD's.Cheers,
Panda.
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