Update on Coralee

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We saw the 2nd psychiatrist for Coralee yesterday. He doesn't seem to

agree with the bipolar diagnosis. He says most definitely MDD, but I

get the impression that as Coralee's treatment for MDD progress, he

really wants to watch for OCD signs. At the moment, he wants to get the

MDD under control. He put her on 75mg of Effexor. He felt that she

doesn't need an anti-psychotic because the audio and visual

hallucinations can be strictly a result of the MDD, so by treating that,

the voices (95% of her hallucinations are audio) should stop. Does

anybody have any experience with Effexor?

Trudy in KC, MO

[Guest guest]

I take it, same dose, 75mg/daily. At first I got headaches from it but now I

don't. I

always take it with food. It works for me.

Dana in NC

trudy p mcculloch wrote:

> We saw the 2nd psychiatrist for Coralee yesterday. He doesn't seem to

> agree with the bipolar diagnosis. He says most definitely MDD, but I

> get the impression that as Coralee's treatment for MDD progress, he

> really wants to watch for OCD signs. At the moment, he wants to get the

> MDD under control. He put her on 75mg of Effexor. He felt that she

> doesn't need an anti-psychotic because the audio and visual

> hallucinations can be strictly a result of the MDD, so by treating that,

> the voices (95% of her hallucinations are audio) should stop. Does

> anybody have any experience with Effexor?

>

> Trudy in KC, MO

>

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