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Susan McQ · 07-16-2007, 06:16 PM

Susan,

I've been on 75 mg of Effexor since Jan of this year. It has really helped me a great deal. My Onc kept suggested it for 4 months before I finally realized I was not going to be able to climb out of my funk on my own. He actually wanted to increase it to 150mg (something about that being the standard dose) and I felt good at where I was, so we let it be.

I actually had a co-worker comment about how calm I was regarding some very important work deadlines.

Talk to your doc.

Susan

07-16-2007, 06:16 PM	#16
Susan McQ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 33	I'm taking an AD Susan, I've been on 75 mg of Effexor since Jan of this year. It has really helped me a great deal. My Onc kept suggested it for 4 months before I finally realized I was not going to be able to climb out of my funk on my own. He actually wanted to increase it to 150mg (something about that being the standard dose) and I felt good at where I was, so we let it be. I actually had a co-worker comment about how calm I was regarding some very important work deadlines. Talk to your doc. Susan __________________ dx IDC @ age 39 Feb '06 stage 2 er/pr-, her2+ neoadjuvant chemo 4 A/C completed April '06, 12 weekly taxol/herceptin completed 8/06, lumpectomy 8/15/06 NED! 33 rads completed 10/06 weekly herceptin thru May 2007 --Stopped herceptin 4/07 due to drop in LVEF. Started Herceptin again 5/07 Final Herceptin 6/12/07 Port Removed -8/13/07