Posted by Cindy W on June 20, 2000, at 9:05:12
In reply to Re: What stimulant + effexor? - Maggie, posted by Andre Allard on June 19, 2000, at 23:36:18
> I am not bipolar. What I meant by my depression cycling is that while my mood stays depressed, I cycle between being lethargic too being an insomniac. So you could say that my depression cycles from atypical to normal depression.
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> I have been on effexor for six months previously and it worked like no other. This time around though I can sometimes sleep for twenty-four hours straight. I have tried wellbutrin to "pep" me up with little effect. I am not going off of the effexor. Therefore, the solution would be to add something to "pep" me up. This is why I am looking into adding a dopamine and or norepinephrine antagonist.
Andre, Cam knows more about this than I do, but It's my understanding that at higher doses, Effexor-XR impacts norepinephrine (and at much much higher doses, dopamine). I'm taking 375 mg/day, and I feel energized, not tired (except of course when I can't sleep well, which still happens sometimes). Talk to your pdoc and see what you can come up with! Hope things get better.
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