Posted by Dr. Bob on October 31, 2003, at 11:10:51
In reply to Re: Effexor XR I'm new here I'm scared » blndefire, posted by Dinah on October 30, 2003, at 15:22:23
[Posted by Clayton on October 31, 2003, at 0:22:49]
> You are on too many meds. It's a soup and a crap shoot. No one understands the mechanism of action of even a single antidepressant.
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> The nice thing about Effexor is that it blocks reuptake of both seratonin and norepinephrine. Both are strongly implicated in many types of depression although they were slow to catch on to epinephrine. Remaron affects the same two neurotransmitters though a different mechanism - more like stimulating theitr production.
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> I was on Paxil for mood depression and SAD. It had marginal posative effects but kills libido. A new pdoc added remaron as a second antidepressant.
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> It was like magic within one week. The mood depression was all but gone. The SAD was similarly vanquished. I also have insomnia. It diminished about 80%.
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> Only TWO meds and they benefitted me more than I had dared hope.
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