Posted by jimmygold70 on February 17, 2004, at 17:59:14
In reply to Effexor - raising dosage and side effects?, posted by jayt243 on February 17, 2004, at 14:44:26
You're taking a very low and ineffective dose of effexor. Taking the XR formulation (once a day) is better tolerated.
You shopuld START in 37.5 morning+evening and wait till the side effects subsides. Sleep problems go away after a week or two. You can use sleeping pills if you like.
At higher doses (above 150mg) effexor is more stimulating as it becomes noradrenergic too.
Jimmy
> Ok everyone's talking about Effexor withdrawal... I'm interested in upping my dose ;-) I've been on 37.5mg for about 2.5 months and when I first started for about 3 weeks it made me really really tired so I just wanted to lie in bed all day. I started taking it at night to help with that, and now that the side effects are wearing off I'm having trouble falling asleep. I was thinking of going back to taking it in the morning, but wondering if i go up to like 75mg will the side effects come back? Any input is appreciated.
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