Posted by Janelle on July 13, 2001, at 17:16:44
In reply to Re: SIMCHA: just got back from doc, and: (info):, posted by pellmell on July 13, 2001, at 16:57:25
I bet you ARE right that Effexor's primary action at low doses is to inhibit serotonin reuptake, in most people, and this would explain why in MY particular case, it seems to be increasing my anxiety and agitation, (i.e., might be too stimulating for me), and would also explain why at this low dose, it is NOT working on my anxiety.
So, I could be in a catch-22 situation: if I increase the Effexor in order to get it to work on the Norepinephrine (calm my anxiety), I imagine its rerotonin reuptake properties (which could be stimulating me too much) would increase too.
Therefore, I think I need to stick with an a-d that is EXCLUSIVELY for serotonin reuptake, and go on some other med for the anxiety stuff. In fact, some docs prefer patients to be on several separate, individual meds for each individual symptom (for example, and this is just off the top of my head example: Zoloft for depression, Xanax for), rather than one pill like Effexor that is a combo because you cannot adjust the combo within the one pill, but you can tinker/adjust each separate, individual med to get the right dose of each.
Thanks for explaining that you don't work in the medical field, that you juts read a lot about this stuff. IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) the amount you read does not sound unhealthy! It is admirable. Those of us with these conditions NEED to educate ourselves (my doc made at least one big blunder with me awhile back!), and be our own advocates. Knowledge is power, so keep reading!
poster:Janelle
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