About two weeks ago, I started to feel some lows creeping back again. I have a diagnosis of Chronic Depression that my doctor says is currently Acute. Over the years I grown to kind of learn the signs.
Two weeks ago, I assumed it was a bout of PMS, but now this week it has condtinued. I feel almost paralized to move, all I want to do is sleep and I am bursting out crying for little things.
Yesterday I made a call to my Psychiatrist and asked if it would be ok if I raised my dosage of Effexor to the next step up. I have been on high dosages before and many different coctails of meds. He talked to me for a few minutes and I explained what was happening.
He agreed it was best to try to raise it. We had been briefly discussing this previously too.
I am currently on 150mg of Effexor and raised it another 37.5mg which is how the Effexor dosages come.
The side effects generally pass in a few days.
I just wanted to stress the importants of contacting your doctor if there any changes in symptoms. The sooner the better. Our doctors need to know these things and it is to our benefit that they do. That is the only ways they can help us cope. One should not feel they are trivial or they are making a big deal out of nothing. Relapses can start with "small" symptoms and compound quickly. (I know this from experience)
By telling our doctor, we can usually hault the downward spiral.
I feel like my head is a paper weight today, but that is what happens with me. I am just going to take it easier for a couple days until the "dopeyness" subsides. Even with the first dosage, the depression side of things has the edge off. They physical symptom I can handle fine![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Two weeks ago, I assumed it was a bout of PMS, but now this week it has condtinued. I feel almost paralized to move, all I want to do is sleep and I am bursting out crying for little things.
Yesterday I made a call to my Psychiatrist and asked if it would be ok if I raised my dosage of Effexor to the next step up. I have been on high dosages before and many different coctails of meds. He talked to me for a few minutes and I explained what was happening.
He agreed it was best to try to raise it. We had been briefly discussing this previously too.
I am currently on 150mg of Effexor and raised it another 37.5mg which is how the Effexor dosages come.
The side effects generally pass in a few days.
I just wanted to stress the importants of contacting your doctor if there any changes in symptoms. The sooner the better. Our doctors need to know these things and it is to our benefit that they do. That is the only ways they can help us cope. One should not feel they are trivial or they are making a big deal out of nothing. Relapses can start with "small" symptoms and compound quickly. (I know this from experience)
By telling our doctor, we can usually hault the downward spiral.
I feel like my head is a paper weight today, but that is what happens with me. I am just going to take it easier for a couple days until the "dopeyness" subsides. Even with the first dosage, the depression side of things has the edge off. They physical symptom I can handle fine