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It depends how long you take your medication. Normally it takes several weeks until you can feel the benfit of the medication. If you take it longer, than you should go and see the doc. Maybe you need another kind of medication.
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Can you still work while taking Effexor?
Yes, I'm a bus driver and have been taking Effexor for over a year and do fine.
I am currently taking ashwagandha l-tyrosine and St John's Wort for depression and anxiety However I am still getting panic attacks at work would it be alright beneficial if I added 5-HTP into the mix?
If taking pills for depression and anxiety and still having them you should talk to a doctor. You should never take more than what a doctor tells you too. I am an idiot and didn't realiZe that everything your taking is herbal. Kill me now
What are the advantages of having a good support system when dealing with depression?
The advantages of having a good support system when dealing with depression is a major key for a speedy recovery of the patient. Depression is still hard to understand and tricky to treat for some patients.
You are taking neurobion but still having trouble sleeping?
You need to contact your doctor to talk about switching medications. If you are still having trouble sleeping and if you are showing other side effects, stop taking the medication so you can start a new one.
You are on 375 Effexor and a another pill for depression why are you still not up to par?
How long have you been taking them? Unfortunately, it takes your body a long time to change those chemicals around so that you notice a big effect.Usually, when you first start taking an antidepressant, you need to keep taking it for 1 full month before you even think about deciding it it is working or not. After that, whenever you add another medicine or increase your dose, give it another 2-3 weeks before you decide.Treating depression is a long, often frustrating journey, but the end is worth it. When you wake up one day and realize that you are singing again - and you have not done that for years - or when you suddenly catch yourself smiling for no reason. You'll agree that it was worth the battle.
When providing a urinalysis will Effexor show up as cocaine or any other narcotics?
Stop taking cocaine and you won't have to worry. The only similarities between the two is that they both effect the amount of seratonin and dopamine in your brain. Don't even think of taking "Vitamin C" if you are on effexor or have depression. Try eating 1000 poppy seed bagels in an hour while you're at it, maybe you can test + for opium, stupid. ******* I am not sure what stupid above is talking about but I will refer to him as "stupid, stupid" since he is so smart and seems to know nothing.... YES, Effexor will actually show up as PCP on a drug test. I had to bring my prescription with me each time I had to provide a urine for employment purposes. The test centers know this, however, even with them knowing it, me bringing in my prescription bottle, and them seeing it on the list, I still had problems one time. I thought about sueing them for ruining my job chances, but that is another matter. Hope that helped, I am not sure what "Stupid, Stupid" is talking about, obviously uneducated and not on effexor. I couldn't believe when it came up the first time. I don't even know if people still do PCP (Angel Dust), but be prepared...
When start taking pills if still a virgin?
At least 30 days before you plan on having bareback sex.
Is depression a genetic trait?
It has been known to run in families but those who have had no family history of depression can still have depression.
Christmas during the Great Depression?
Yes chrismas still occurred during the depression.
You started taking effxor keeping a headache will this go away?
my dr. started me on effexor 75mg the first couple of weeks i was fine then i started getting headaches real bad, they switched my dosagge to 37.5 but i am still havig headaches but not as bad I keep them and it is about to drive me up the wall
Im having protected sex and am taking birth control can i still get prenant the day i take my sugar pill?
It is highly unlikely.
What advantage does pristiq desvenlafaxine have over Effexor venlafaxine?
None. Quoting from Dr. Carlat Psychiatry Blog: 1. It's a blatant patent extender. Effexor XR, which brought in $3.8 billion for Wyeth in 2007, is losing patent protection this year, and Wyeth is introducing desvenlafaxine, which is simply Effexor's main metabolite, as a "novel antidepressant." There's nothing novel about it. Every patient who takes Effexor produces Pristiq in their own body, at no additional charge. 2. It's not very effective. In the studies released so far, Pristiq just barely squeaks by placebo on the Hamilton Depression scale. In the U.S. study, Pristiq decreased the HamD by only 2 points (-11.5 vs. -9.5 for placebo), and in the European study, the differences was 2.5 points. And for the higher 100 mg dose, there was no difference between drug and placebo for U.S. patients. 3. It is not more easily dosed than Effexor XR. The main Wyeth marketing point for Pristiq is that patients can get better by taking the beginning dose of 50 mg, eliminating the need for a complicated upward dose titration process. Sorry, but this is not different from Effexor. If you look at one of the original fixed-dose studies of Effexor, comparing patients taking 75 mg, 225 mg, or 375 mg, you'll find that the 75 mg dose separated from placebo as well as Pristiq's 50 mg. Psychiatrists typically begin Effexor at either 37.5 or 75 mg/day. At least with Effexor XR, when you keep increasing the dose, efficacy improves, meaning it actually has an efficacy advantage over Pristiq, because when you increase the dose of Pristiq, you lose efficacy, according to the U.S. study data. 4. It has no meaningful metabolic advantages. Wyeth will highlight the fact that Pristiq is not metabolized by the P-450 system and therefore does not have any drug-drug interactions. Well, guess what, Effexor has no clinically meaningful drug-drug interactions either. 5. Wyeth's own lead investigator is unimpressed. I spoke briefly with Dr. Michael Liebowitz, the Columbia University psychiatrist who led the major Pristiq trials. Pristiq, he said, "is another SNRI--it is not a revolutionary drug." It may be more tolerable at the starting 50 mg dose, he said, but only time will tell if it truly is clinically useful. "If it is useful, then it will make money for the company, and if it is not, it won't." POSTED BY DANIEL CARLAT, M.D. AT 8:31 AM LABELS: PATENT EXTENDERS, PRISTIQ, WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS **Different Answer - from someone who has actually used both meds!!** I was on Effexor for sometime between 6 months and a year (it's been awhile so I don't remember the exact time period), and while it did help with my depression (it helped lift my mood), it made me extremely sleepy. As someone who is usually sleepy (due to my depression, so the docs tell me), something causing me to be even sleepier than usual was definitely bad :( Spoke with my doc and he said in order to counteract this I should take Effexor in the evenings (about dinnertime, not bedtime or I would still be sleepy in the morning). I take my other meds in the morning with breakfast, so it was hard for me to remember to take Effexor separately, by itself, in the evenings. For this reason, when Pristiq came out my doc switched me to that because he said that because it apparently skips a metabolic step (as compared to Effexor), it would not make me sleepy and I could take it with my other meds in the mornings. Yay!! So I am happy to report that, after switching to Pristiq, I did not experience a decrease in effectiveness as compared to Effexor in treating my depression, and I did not feel sleepy after taking the med. My insurance doesn't cover prescriptions, so for me Pristiq is way more expensive than Effexor, but luckily I was able to qualify for free medication through Pristiq's patient assistance program. So, from my point of view at least, there is a significant difference between Effexor and Pristiq, and if your doctor recommends Pristiq over Effexor, it's probably for a reason. You should try it out for yourself before deciding if it's worth any extra cost.
