Hi.
I've been on paxil for over a year now, at
the maximum dose and recently my
psychiatrist put me on 75mg of effexor, a
relatively low doseage, I believe, to
'give me more energy'. I'm just
wondering, is it safe to take effexor and
paxil at the same time? I notice that i'm
losing weight and feeling nauseous/shaky
often. The nausea decreased after I moved
my morning dose of paxil to the afternoon
so I wasn't taking it at the same time as
the effexor, but it's still there.
Has anyone taken both these drugs
concurrently before? Does it help?
Should I reduce my doseage of paxil/switch
to effexor? Will the side-effects get
worse? What about seratonin syndrome-
i've heard of it, but I don't know much
about it.
If you read this and reply, thanks.
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sad_eyes
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 96
Posted: 11-14-05 18:15pm
Hi,
i have never taken two forms of ssri drugs
together, but rather stopped one and
started the new one the following day.
If I were you I would go to your gp
a.S.A.P and explain your situation - just
to be on the safe side.
Let us know how you get on,
take care.
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sabine
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: toronto
Posted: 11-15-05 22:00pm
I have an appointment with my gp on the
23rd, but I don't think she'll be much
help. She's kind of out of her league- or
that's the impression I get.
Trying to balance the doseages out, but
still nauseous. Find that i'm never
hungry, living on coffee and cigarettes.
But, I haven't cut myself, so I guess
that's good.
Still want to though...
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sad_eyes
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 96
Posted: 11-15-05 22:08pm
Hi,
that's like a week away isnt it??!! Could
you maybe change your gp, maybe try get an
appoinment earlier with another doctor,
i'm sure they will give you an appointment
if you say it's urgent.
Very good for not cutting today!! Hope
you can do the same tomorrow.
Take care xx.
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snowygirl
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 807 Location: hawaii
I Dont Think U Should Take Two Together Posted: 11-15-05 22:47pm
I read somewhere online taking the two
will make you become very addictive to the
medis and have really hard time getting
off them one day.
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jack--0
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Brisbane Australia
Posted: 11-17-05 04:02am
Hi. Lol effexor isn't an ssri. Don't
worry about being on more than one med!
Paxil's a good ssri, and effexor will be
helping it. Effexor does the same job but
on 3 chemicals. Not just one. Also, your
dose is all related to your weight. I am
68kg and have gone up to 600mg. I was
fine, so don't fret. And paxil isn't
addictive! Ugh, I hate it when people say
that. The ssri's have a discontinuation
syndrome, so you get horrible side effects
when u get off the med. It doesn't mean
it's addictive, because i've been on 3
ssri's before and they haven't been
addictive!
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sabine
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: toronto
Posted: 11-18-05 08:03am
Oh, okay. Thanks, that makes me feel a
lot better :d
i was just confused about why I was on two
anti-depressants!
