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effexor - paxil help
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
effexor - paxil help
by boss1, Nov 08, 2005 12:00AM
I have been taking effexor for about 15months - the last 8months trying to quit. I get the usual withdrawal symtpoms and cave in..Down to 12.5mg every other day. About six weeks ago, my doctor started me on prozac every other day to dull some withdrawal. All the sudden I feel extremely bloated. I had thought there was a change in the size of my breasts when I started Effexor - I actully only began piecing it together now. But with the prozac my stomach, breasts, everything feels HUGE. I quit the prozac yesterday and am determined to kick the effexor. The question is "Is this bloating normal and will it ever go away?????????????????????????????????????????????"
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Nov 09, 2005 12:00AM
, Nov 09, 2005 12:00AM
If it is from the prozac, it will go away. Try the three week withdrawal pattern which means lowering the dose each week as far as possible, then every other day for three times, then every third day for three times, then stop.
dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392
"For example, Pfizer's television advertisement for the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) stated that depression is a serious medical condition that may be due to a chemical imbalance, and that “Zoloft works to correct this imbalance” [5]. Other SSRI advertising campaigns have also claimed that depression is linked with an imbalance of the neurotransmitter serotonin, and that SSRIs can correct this imbalance (see Table 2). The pertinent question is: are the claims made in SSRI advertising congruent with the scientific evidence?"
How many people know that these ads are kind of misleading????
Any info. Please
Thanks
The AMA ought to be forced into full disclousure concerning gifts and perks from pharma sales reps to doctors who push these ssri / snri toxins and criminal charges ought to follow post haste!
SEEK LEGAL ADVICE!
A company admitted frequent discontinuance effect aka WITHDRAWL from the toxin Effexor is increased hostility and aggression. looks like the chickens have come home to roost.