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Originally Posted by alpinus
I'm seeing a psychologist and getting my medication from my MD. I was originally prescribed Zoloft for depression and social anxiety disorder but I had to get off of it after six weeks because it was making me climb the walls. My MD then prescribed Effexor and so far I've seen no unpleasant side effects; I'm still only taking 75 mg. I've read many people complain about Effexor causing emotional numbness, basically causing you to not feel much of anything. My question is this: how high of a dose of Effexor do you need to produce this effect? This is what I want, to not feel much of anything anymore. What I've learned in therapy is that I'm screwed up, I've screwed up my life by making the wrong choices, and at the age of 46, things are not going to change. So if someone could tell me what dose of Effexor i would need to take to make me functionally numb, it would be much appreciated. No, I'm not kidding.
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I am on 150 mg. of Effexor XR daily and have been for several years. It is the antidepressant that works the best for me.
I understand not wanting to feel anything, but if you load up on medication so that you don't feel you're also not processing the emotions and experiences that contribute to your mental illness. Medication, (the correct ones) are a part of your recovery, but so is therapy, exercise, eating right, and being able to share yourself and your emotions with others as you have done so plainly here.
Hope this makes sense,
Scooterb
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