I have been taking vortioxetine for 9 days at 10mg dose.
To be honest things have been a bit of a mess. I tapered down to 0mg of venlafaxine then began taking vortioxetine. The withdraw from venlafaxine was intense. So I'm glad to be free of that med.
I'm just wondering how long I should wait for vortioxetine to work? The withdraw symptoms from venlafaxine slowly reduced over around 5-6 days. I feel better in one way as I'm not in withdrawal, but in another I'm finding myself quite depressed and generally negative at the moment, I get tired and stressed easily etc.
Should I wait 2-3 weeks then contact my GP about increasing dose? And give 10mg a chance, or seeing as I'm tolerating vortioxetine well physically, should I just switch up to 20mg?
Thanks
Vortioxetine dose increase?
Question posted by Selfcare on 19 July 2021
Last updated on 19 July 2021 by WildcatVet
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Hi, Selfcare!
Most people tend to see some improvement in the first few weeks but you may still be experiencing some discontinuation symptoms along with some initial side effects of the vortioxetine. Your metabolism is probably all confused because of this and needs to "reboot"..
You're going to want to find the lowest dose that controls your symptoms (depression and/or anxiety) so maybe give your system a couple more weeks to see if 10mg will do the trick. You can always increase it if needed.
It may take as long as 4-8 weeks though to feel the full benefits of the medication... so be patient and optimistic.
Best regards,
Wildcat
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