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What Causes Numbness And Unusual Feeling In Brain After Taking Effexor-XR?

Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2015

Question: I have been taking effexor xr 375mg for almost 2 years for anxiety panic disorder and depression. 3 weeks ago I added 50 mg of seroquel xr. over the past few days I feel almost numb and my brain feels weird almost numb ots hard to describe although its helped my anxiety I just dont like the way its making me feel unlike myself. could the effexor dose be to high ? because isnt seroquel supposed to help the effexor xr work better ?

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (42 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
See detailed description

Detailed Answer:
Hello mam, thanks for trusting health care magic.
I would like to ask you if you started seroquel suddenly or overlapping with effexor?
If at all you had overlapping then it was for how many days and that after how much time you started having side effects.
Waiting for your response
Regards
Dr Manisha

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Manisha Jain (3 minutes later)

im taking seroquel xr 50 mg with my effexor xr 375 mg. i started seroquel 3 weeks ago. the side effects or whatever they are started 2 days ago.

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Reduction in dose required

Detailed Answer:
Yes then it is an overdosage of antidepressants and thus you need dose modulation in the form of decrease in dose or switch to single drug.
It is a common problem because usually all these drugs show their full effect in 2-3 weeks and thus dose modulation there after.
So meet your psychiatrist and discuss the this reduction in dosage in phased manner.
Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar