Questions About Effexor - Worsening Depressive Symptoms

[joeylittle]

Thanks so much for the update, @subtleomen - it's always useful (for future readers) to know how things go.

I can't remember what med I had night sweats with, I think it was cymbalta - but they did stop after about...2 months maybe? 3? It was awhile ago. Just to say, those might not be around forever.

 

[Sideways]

Fwiw - I’ve been on pristiq for over a year, and still get night sweats intermittently. My sleep stabilises after each time I’ve increased my dose, but the night sweats show up every now and then. It’s a bit weird since it’s mid-winter here! But it’s a side effect that I find I can tolerate pretty well. Just means I need to shower in the morning!

Hope the insomnia has improved. One thing to be aware of is if you have been depressed for a significant period, and your mood starts to improve, oftentimes one result is that you need less sleep.

 

[subtleomen]

Thanks. Night sweats are not so bad now. Still there, but very minimal. I'm on 50mg/day of pristiq. The doc said the highest he would go for me is 100mg/day which I think is fine because I am getting some result from 50mg. Between that and therapy, I might not need to increase the dose at all, but time will tell.