hi, I am new to this particular forum but not to this site. I am writing this about my husband. He has struggled with depresssion for our whole marriage and then some. We have been married almost 20 yrs. He was on Fluxoamine for about 14 yrs, with no marked improvement, even tho he told he Phycristist every thing was fine.
We have had alot of things happen in the last 2 yrss that I won't get into, but he decided to get real with the doc andd they put him on effexor. This med has seem to really work good,,,,for a number of wks, and then he can feel himself sliding back. Then they increase the dosage and things are fine for an number of wks again, and then down he goes again. I think he is up to about 450mgs already. Things are down again. We are getting very frustrated as I am sure you understand. I don't know if they need to add another med or what. When it works good things are awesome! When the don''t, well, you can imagine things get alittle tense, and our 16 yr old daughter has just been daignosed with Crohns, so we really don''t need this extra pressure.
Now that you know all that, is there any one out there who has experineced this same type of problem? What did you do? I could really use some support and ideas on what we should do.
Thanks for listening!!
Blessingss,
Sweet
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
rx: Effexor, clonazapam, baclofen,Tylenol#3,iron pills,synthroid
supplements: probiotics, garlic pills, magnesium, melatonin, b12(sublingual)
Jerrimiah 29:11
Well, it is good that he if finally communicating with his doctor. It is imperative that he continues to do so for the benefit of his treatment. I can only hope that he understands that now. When someone is having difficulty responding to typical medications psychiatrists can choose to stack antidepressants on top of each other. This is common. 450 mg of Effexor is quite a bit, the doctor may be just waiting to see if he will stabilize. Sometimes it can take weeks to reach therapeutic level it is different for each person. I would suggest if he doesnt start to feel better soon to call the doctor. Please keep us updated on how he is doing...... Take care
~elisha
~elisha
thanks, Els
He has an appointment with his Dr on Tuesday, so that is good. His Dr said he can go up to 600 mgs of effexor. Sounds like an awful lot to me, but I guess he knows what he is doing. Thanks for answering my post.
Blessings,
Sweet
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
rx: Effexor, clonazapam, baclofen,Tylenol#3,iron pills,synthroid
supplements: probiotics, garlic pills, magnesium, melatonin, b12(sublingual)
Jerrimiah 29:11
I am glad that he was able to get an appointment. Please keep us updated.....
~elisha
~elisha
same thing happened with my wife she ended up getting wellbutrin prescribed also and is doing well now she is on 100mg wellbutrin and 217.5mg effexor and it did take awhile for effexor to stabalize ,but doc didnt want to increase effexor any more than a max of 300 thats why she is taking wellbutrin also
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
update on hubby: dr put him on Wellbutrin, well is putting him on it, when it comes in, seems to be a shortage here in Canada, don't know about the USA. So he will be on 450mg effexor and 100 mg wellbutrin to start with.
sweet
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
sweet
dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.
rx: Effexor, clonazapam, baclofen,Tylenol#3,iron pills,synthroid
supplements: probiotics, garlic pills, magnesium, melatonin, b12(sublingual)
Jerrimiah 29:11
the shortage is only 100 mg pill ,plenty of 150 which is the same as forgive my spelling "zyban " the pill they give you to help quit smoking ,pharmysts here are calling into docs and the doctor will usually up the dosage to 150 with the patients consent...had to do that here
J
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.