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Posted by wendi on October 14, 2001, at 20:49:06
I stopped taking effexor and switched to Paxil. Now I feel tired all the time. I miss the energy I had on the effexor. I've been taking Paxil for about 5 weeks. Can any body tell me?
Posted by abajo on October 14, 2001, at 20:59:28
In reply to Will I ever have any energy on Paxil?, posted by wendi on October 14, 2001, at 20:49:06
Wendi....I had the same problem with paxil. My pdoc said that about 20% of his patients have that problem with paxil. I had a really hard time waking up. It felt like there was 300lbs on me in the morning. I had to stop it for that reason. I'm glad I did now with all the new info coming out about the withdrawal problems
Posted by Cindylou on October 15, 2001, at 13:07:50
In reply to Will I ever have any energy on Paxil?, posted by wendi on October 14, 2001, at 20:49:06
I had the same fatigue problems with Zoloft and Prozac. The fatigue never went away (I stayed on them both for about two years -- not together though.) Adding Wellbutrin helped a touch, but not really enough.
I'd try another med, instead of wasting four years of your life like I did. I kept thinking the fatigue was caused by something else ... oh, how I know better now!
good luck,
cindy> I stopped taking effexor and switched to Paxil. Now I feel tired all the time. I miss the energy I had on the effexor. I've been taking Paxil for about 5 weeks. Can any body tell me?
Posted by vicky on October 15, 2001, at 14:00:46
In reply to Re: Will I ever have any energy on Paxil? » wendi, posted by Cindylou on October 15, 2001, at 13:07:50
> I had the same fatigue problems with Zoloft and Prozac. The fatigue never went away (I stayed on them both for about two years -- not together though.) Adding Wellbutrin helped a touch, but not really enough.
>
> I'd try another med, instead of wasting four years of your life like I did. I kept thinking the fatigue was caused by something else ... oh, how I know better now!
>
> good luck,
> cindy
>
> > I stopped taking effexor and switched to Paxil. Now I feel tired all the time. I miss the energy I had on the effexor. I've been taking Paxil for about 5 weeks. Can any body tell me?re: I'm on perphenazine, buspar, and
prozac, for about 10 years now, and have been extremely tired for 20 years!
I really believed I was just a lazy person (and so did everyone else)
complained to my doctors for years about this to no availfinally I got On Provigil 200mg and have energy for the first time
in these years!!! (so far so good) Maybe ask you pdoc about this Provigilit is working for me (knock on wood)
vicky
Posted by madeleine on October 15, 2001, at 15:58:20
In reply to Will I ever have any energy on Paxil?, posted by wendi on October 14, 2001, at 20:49:06
wendi-
Sedation is a big problem with Paxil. I found that I slept better than ever before, rather blissfully in fact, but as time went on I needed more and more sleep. In the end I was sleeping around 12-14 hours/day, which wasn't exactly helping my recovery. Actually, I'm not sure that I ever experienced any antidepressant effect from Paxil aside from the improvement in sleep quality. I switched to Prozac, which was like having water thrown in my face (jittery, restless). Now I am taking Remeron (30 mg) which has more of a calming effect (like Paxil) but none of the creeping sleepiness. I found the lower dosages of Remeron (7.5-15 mg) very sedating and hunger-inducing (usually about an hour afterwards). At 30mg, however, the hunger pangs went away.
If you are missing the energy from Effexor, it may be that Prozac would be a good choice for you, since it seems to be more energizing than Paxil.
Best of luck to you--
madeleine
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