Posted by alan on December 31, 1998, at 21:03:21
In reply to effexor - sleeplessness?, posted by v on December 31, 1998, at 5:29:51
> if one of the side effects of effexor is sleeplessness, then why take a divided dose late in the day?
> i'm currently only on 75mg once a day but have just started... next week the dose goes up again and i will have to take it twice a day...
> does it have to be taken 12 hours apart? if not, how close together can it be taken so i can get to sleep? and can it be taken only once instead (my 75mg is time release)?
> i currently take it at 5am when i get up.
> thanks... and here's to a good new year for us all!!!!
> regards,
> vMaybe you could ask your Doc about the slow release Effexor. I take it once a day. (Insomnia seems to me a great pleasure; I wish you could send me some of yours. I have hypersomnia.)
Good luck.
poster:alan
thread:1926
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