DKnight Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I've only been on Effexor XR for about a month or so but it already feels like it's stopped working. At the same time things seem to head south once I got off Ativan. I'm wondering which is more likely, the effexor pooped out or I need to be back on ativan? I had really hoped once the Effexor was working that all would be fine...Doesn't seem to be the case I've become anxious and depressed again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfred Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 One way to find out, add the Ativan back and see. nf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInVa Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Have you let your tdoc know about this? I had a similar situation with lexapro working fairly well for a couple years then crapping out on me before seeing a slight improvement after switching to pxil so perhaps a different AD might be the solution.It would also help to mention any possible triggers that have been provoking an increased level of depression & anxiety as that usually is the case with me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKnight Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 One way to find out, add the Ativan back and see. nf I'm thinking about trying a little tonight to see what happens. I'm getting real scared though, last time this happened, I started losing sleep and became suicidal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SashaSue Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Go back to your old dose of ativan, and see what happens. Worst case scenario, your pdoc will either up your dosage of effexor, or augment it with something else. This is really not something to get all panicky about. Just call your pdoc, before it has a chance to turn into anything worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKnight Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Go back to your old dose of ativan, and see what happens. Worst case scenario, your pdoc will either up your dosage of effexor, or augment it with something else. This is really not something to get all panicky about. Just call your pdoc, before it has a chance to turn into anything worse. Going to see him tomorrow, I think it's mostly different levels of depression like you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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