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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
The usual starting dose of Effexor/venlafaxine is 75mg so I'm surprised that you're only on 37.5mg. At such a low dose it doesn't act on noradrenaline (and some studies say it's effect on noradrenaline even at higher doses is minimal) but is an SSRI. I think I remember it switches to SNRI at 150mg but I can't find it on google to check if that's right. Also at very high doses (max dose is 375mg) it apparently has some effect on dopamine too.
Depression waxes and wanes from my experience, but it could have been missing your meds too. I don't understand why you've switched it to evening time now, as I imagine it's still pretty activating. Maybe ask your pdoc to increase your dose as you're probably not on a dose that will impact your depression?
All the best,
*Willow*
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Thanks Willow :-)
I know that 37.5 is an extremely low dose, pdoc even said it was "unconventional, but with a shot." She started me off that low because I've been extremely sensitive to psych meds in the past. I was supposed to go up to the lowest therapeutic dose (75mg) but I started experiencing some bad side effects (forgetfulness and stomach sickness). The depression also seemed to get a lot better. She made me promise that I'd tell her if I felt like the depression was coming back and that we would discuss whether we want to try upping the effexor or try something different.
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