Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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CherylMc 04/30/2008

I spoke to my doctor on Monday night. He told me to double my dosage of Effexor and cut my Paxil dosage in half. I knew that when he first put me on Effexor, this was the plan. I took the double dose of Effexor for the first time yesterday at 3pm. I felt okay until it was time for me to go to sleep. I couldn't fall asleep. I feel like I'm having side effects that I felt when I first started on the Effexor. Has anyone else had their side effects come back when their dosage was increased?

harry3333 04/30/2008

this is common, I hope doc knows what he is doing as they are both different types of ADs, seems he is gradually swapping you from 1 to the other

CherylMc 04/30/2008

Yes, doc knows what he is doing. I was way to anxious to stop taking the Paxil when I started the Effexor. Thanks for your reply

deleted_user 05/01/2008

Yup i did with paxil but it will go away after your body gets used to the dosage.

deleted_user 05/01/2008

i couldn't sleep on antidepressants and thats why I don' take them, but I hear that if you take your meds early in the morning that it helps.

CherylMc 05/01/2008

LooLoo,

When your paxil was increased, did your body get used to the higher dosage more quickly than when you first started?

deleted_user 05/01/2008

I just had my prozac increased and it sort of does feel like I'm having the side effects again, just not as much.

deleted_user 05/01/2008

I take effexor 150mg and i had to start taking mine earlier in the day because if i took it before bed I had trouble falling asleep!! Nene

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