[QUOTE=lolagrace;5511632]I'm not familiar with that medication. Sometimes an antipsychotic is prescribed with an antidepressant when the antidepressant alone isn't quite doing it. For me, my pdoc occasionally prescribed an antipsychotic because my anxiety showed up in the form of ruminating thoughts that in turn complicated the depression. The antipsychotic helped slow down the ruminations. You don't necessarily have to be psychotic to benefit from an antipsychotic medication.

That said, you are still on a fairly low dose of effexor (I usually was on 300mg), so there is still a lot of room to adjust the effexor. Can you just ask your pdoc to hold off on the antipsychotic while you see if the effexor increase does the trick?[/QUOT
TY for replying. I sure hope he reconsiders the Loxitane. Your remark on a you don't need to be psychotic to benefit made me feel better. Still concerned about getting TD. I too get ruminating thoughts I think due to my PTSD I know how it feels.