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Old 10-20-2010, 02:09 AM
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Default Waves: pdoc appt this Thursday. Should I find something else instead of Effexor?

Waves,

1. Crazy meds hates Effexor becuause of the discontination syndrome, saying
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it's the med everyone wishes they never took.
Maybe I should guide pdoc to something else like

2. maybe low dose Trazodone or Prozac.


I was on Prozac with disastrous results but my pdoc at the time probably had me on a high dose. I like that Prozac is easy to discontinue and that it does not usually cause weight gain.

I know very little about Trazodone except that it seems to be considered a mild-ish antidpressant. . . . also that is causes sleepiness and weight gain.

I am inclined to try the prozac at very low dose.

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