Effexor and zoloft

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Avatar f tn Before, my regular routine was taking the zoloft first and my anxiety took over and always made me so nervous in the mornings I would have to take the clonazepam shortly after the zoloft. Is there something stronger than zoloft that may help my severe anxiety better? Thank you so much.
Avatar n tn Effexor is most effective for my depression and ADD. Zoloft is most effective for my obsessive thinking, but also makes me very tired. Can I take both at the same time? ( Currectly take Effexor XR 150mg.. Used to take Zoloft 100mg. daily.) If not, is there a different med that can be taken with the Effexor to help control the obsessing?
Avatar n tn I have taken both Zoloft and Effexor for long periods (not any longer because I am on differnt AD's now) What I can tell you is that (at least in my case) I found Zoloft to be far LESS effective than Effexor. Zoloft is a one trick poney and effects only Serotonin. Effexor effects both Serotonin and Norephinepherine. Big difference in the two drugs. I am pretty sure you will find Zoloft much less effective, as most people do.
Avatar n tn My concern is that I was previously on Zoloft 50mg. and it gave me real bad headaches raised my blood pressure and sent me on a emergent run to the hsp. emergency room,,I am concerned about starting this medicience that it will cause the same problems or worse. My O.B. says they are different and that I should try the effexor. What does everyone else think?
Avatar f tn New doc says Effexor is a good drug for very depressed people but not for primary anxiety. She is taking me off Effexor 75 mg and onto Zoloft. I have only been on Effexor 6 1/2 weeks. My taper schedule is 37.5 Effexor 1 week, 37.5 every other day plus 25 mg Zoloft 2cd week, no Effexor and 50 mg Zoloft 3rd week. This sounds reasonable to me but I have myself a nervous wreck anyway. I'm scared of withdrawal. I'm also scared Zoloft won't work and I'll feel this way forever.
Avatar n tn I went from 150mg of effexor to 100 mg of zoloft. my question is will the zoloft eventually work? i am on week two of no effexor and just zoloft. please help!
Avatar m tn Weird, I think you did the right thing, because Effexor works in the 2 different areas. I weaned down on Effexor to go over to Celexa, and once you're down to a low dose it's not so bad. You should still expect some withdrawal effects, like the spins and zaps, but going over to Zoloft, that drug will ease it up a bit. It's good to be vigilant with your meds and question anything, I think passivity with meds can be dangerous.
Avatar f tn The doctor put me on Zoloft 50 mg 2 tab day and 2 tabs evening starting from one tab and tappering off effexor plan. I took zoloft fot about 1&1/2 month but I did not feel god, Now my doctor has changed me to seroxat cr 25mg. The details are as follow: Date: 6th April 2015 Tab Zoloft 50mg (7 Days) 2 tab day + 2 tab nigjht 1 tab day + 2 tab nigjht 1 tab day +1 tab nigjht 0+1 tab nigjht Rivotril 0.
20046168 tn?1489042887 hi! My disease is panic and deprasion My used items zoloft & effexor .... Now not working again any one zoloft and effexor Next to it is effexor/zoloft without prozac Plese help me!
Avatar n tn Effexor and Zoloft are two different meds. Yes, I think it would have helped if her Dr would have weaned her off the Effexor. What she's going through is withdrawal from the Effexor. Can she ask her Dr if he has any samples of the Effexor so she can wean off of it? I'm really not sure if she can take these two meds together or not. She may have to wean and then go on the Zoloft.
Avatar m tn I was of Effexor 150mg for a year, I came off of it with the help of my doc, he also put me on Wellbutrin Sr to supposedly help with the with withdrawals. I tapered down over a months time. It was awful! I think even a month is too short. I didn't feel normal again for almost two. Brain zaps were gone about the two month mark. I think its common for doctors to give you another Anti-depressant while your coming off Effexor.
Avatar m tn m supposed to take half a 50mg of zoloft and take my one 75mg of effexor every second day.Then next week stop taking effexor completely and take one 50mg of zoloft once daily. I've heard from people that coming off effexor is hard. Was wondering if anyone has any advice or experiences them self switching from effexor to zoloft? Yesterday night when I was trying to go to sleep I had like a terror panic attack and scared me and took me a little bit to calm down and get over it.
Avatar f tn i just changed from zoloft to effexor and im eventually planning to wean myself from all ssris. im starting tobamax and cant wait for the benefits. hopefully it will take the weight off from athe zoloft.
Avatar m tn Thanks for the great feedback. I couldn't agree more with your opinions on Psychiatrists and there methods. I've only been seeing one now for about four months and you described him perfectly. I'm and engineer by training and could do a better job. When I first went, I mistakenly throught that he would want to hear my symptoms.
Avatar n tn I would like to know if it is alright to take 200 mg zoloft, 150 mg effexor xr, and 300 mg gabapentin 3 times a day, each day?
Avatar f tn I am recently pregnant and withdrawing from effexor. my dr has me on 50mg of zoloft but these withdrawal symptoms are really starting to annoy me. I am missing work today because of them. my head feels like it's short-circuiting, i'm exhausted, and i can't focus (due to the buzzing in my head). i didn't quit cold-turkey, i tapered off this past week. Today is ten times worse than 3 days ago (1st day without effexor). how long does this last?
1379090 tn?1279032110 I take wellbutrin and recently stopped zoloft. My psych told me that wellbutrin increases sweating. I have horrible night sweats and start sweating at the drop of a hat during the day. And I'm only 25 so it has to be the medication. It's so bad that I've considered getting off the wellbutrin as well. I'd rather be deppresed than soaked with sweat all day!
Avatar f tn I have awful panic attacks and anxiety, my dr switched me today to effexor xr, she was worried that the zoloft will poop soon and we are tired of trying meds!! I am crossing my fingers this works, I just need to stick with it and not give up!!
Avatar n tn Thankyou and you are right. The trying new ones was 4 days on the Zoloft and 3 days on the Effexor, and the tapering off of the Paxil was about a month.
Avatar n tn I am on 200 mgs. of zoloft and 150 of effexor. I previously had been on 200 of zoloft when it quit just before Christmas. They have slowly introduced the effexor, but I still have anxiety every morning, for which they have prescribed clorazipam to take the edge off. I have been on this cocktail for sometime and still am not back to my old self. It has been about 2 1/2 months on these two. The biggest problem I had with the effexor is the night sweats.
Avatar f tn I have a new doctor now (other one retired) and because I have some aches and arthritis, he took me off Zoloft and put me on Cymbalta which helped with pains. I have never been the same as when on Zoloft. The depression freeze of not wanting to get up, go out and do a thing has not left me. I went up in dose of Cymbalta to 120 mg/day from 60 and still it didn't help. I went back to Zoloft and started hurting like the flu. All aches and pains came back bigger than ever.
Avatar f tn This is a psychiatrist. I would love to find a new one but they are in short supply around here. He says this is the way to go. Even if the Effexor doesn't work he still doesn't want to try Zoloft, he suggested a tricyclic. My GP is willing to try Zoloft. I'm just scared nothing is going to work now.
Avatar f tn Not working again anaway!
Avatar n tn I am in the midst of a major depression myself and am in the process of trying meds lexapro, celexa, Zoloft, and Wellbutrin have not worked for me so far. I see the doc next week so we will see... I too wake up with the worst depression but it goes away in about an hour, like boshogg42 said I think it's the thought of how long the day will be. Then the depression hits back hard at 6-8pm at night. Hang in there! Your doing better than me in the exercise dept.
Avatar f tn oops sorry for typo i type fast and typing on my huge galaxy s8 plus ill get the galaxy note 8 with the best grip case i can find or create one.