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Posted by Thomas on March 10, 2000, at 4:00:38
Hello friends!I have been on effexor xr for 5 days-75mg .How do i increase dose safe?Another question-i also take ambien to sleep 10mg,and i have noticed some strange voises and screams ,even visuall (hallicunations?).I have to sleep so i dont care so much if its not very dangerous?sorry if my spelling is bad i am from sweden.
Posted by Cindy W on March 10, 2000, at 9:12:28
In reply to EFFEXOR XR, posted by Thomas on March 10, 2000, at 4:00:38
> Hello friends!I have been on effexor xr for 5 days-75mg .How do i increase dose safe?Another question-i also take ambien to sleep 10mg,and i have noticed some strange voises and screams ,even visuall (hallicunations?).I have to sleep so i dont care so much if its not very dangerous?sorry if my spelling is bad i am from sweden.
Thomas, talk to your pdoc about increases. When I started it, I took 37.5 mg/day for a week, then 75 mg/day for a week, then increased it to l50 mg/day, then after a month 300 mg/day, and now 375 mg/day. Haven't experienced any sounds, screams, or visuals so don't know if that's Effexor or Ambien. Would talk to your pdoc. Also, your spelling is very good! You write much better in English than I would in Swedish!--Cindy W
Posted by michael on March 10, 2000, at 13:37:56
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR XR, posted by Cindy W on March 10, 2000, at 9:12:28
> > Hello friends!I have been on effexor xr for 5 days-75mg .How do i increase dose safe?Another question-i also take ambien to sleep 10mg,and i have noticed some strange voises and screams ,even visuall (hallicunations?).I have to sleep so i dont care so much if its not very dangerous?sorry if my spelling is bad i am from sweden.
> Thomas, talk to your pdoc about increases. When I started it, I took 37.5 mg/day for a week, then 75 mg/day for a week, then increased it to l50 mg/day, then after a month 300 mg/day, and now 375 mg/day. Haven't experienced any sounds, screams, or visuals so don't know if that's Effexor or Ambien. Would talk to your pdoc. Also, your spelling is very good! You write much better in English than I would in Swedish!--Cindy W
I would definitely talk to your doctor about the hallicunations. At my last appointment, my doctor asked if I had any of those effects (audio or visual), or any "other psychotic symptoms" while taking effexor xr.I may have misunderstood her, but I thought I should pass that along, just in case I got that right... Good luck.
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