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Dear readers, people who clicked on my name on network, etc,
Today my neurologist decided she really wanted to be able to make triptans accessible to me because of concerns about my abortive therapy availability. This means she has proposed switching from escitalopram, the 6th in a series of antidepressants I've taken for a long time and failed, to effexor, which ... I only trialed for three weeks and then got switched and was about sixteen at the time.
Because it's not an SSRI it's apparently triptan-friendly.
I'm confident I'd stay on Wellbutrin because I need that for executive functioning things too, the escitalopram is largely there just to counter the anxiety that the Wellbutrin makes worse, but --
But, I know quite a few people who read my DW at times take venlafaxine, so please tell me what you think of it, what the onset period was like, how it works in comparison to other things, &c? Much appreciated in advance!
Today my neurologist decided she really wanted to be able to make triptans accessible to me because of concerns about my abortive therapy availability. This means she has proposed switching from escitalopram, the 6th in a series of antidepressants I've taken for a long time and failed, to effexor, which ... I only trialed for three weeks and then got switched and was about sixteen at the time.
Because it's not an SSRI it's apparently triptan-friendly.
I'm confident I'd stay on Wellbutrin because I need that for executive functioning things too, the escitalopram is largely there just to counter the anxiety that the Wellbutrin makes worse, but --
But, I know quite a few people who read my DW at times take venlafaxine, so please tell me what you think of it, what the onset period was like, how it works in comparison to other things, &c? Much appreciated in advance!
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It did help my migraines but it didn't help my mood enough, and at the time I was very bad at getting my refills on time, so going through the withdrawal for a couple days most months was ultimately not worth it, even though it was probably the best thing I had ever found for my migraines. If you're good about taking your meds regularly/getting refills in a timely fashion, there's no reason it should be a problem for you though. And good luck, I hope you are one of the people that it helps you with your migraines too.