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Has anyone taken Effexor? If so,  what are your thoughts?  Side effects? 

Tia

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I was on it 8yrs ago. I had no side effects. I felt great.

I start my new script of it tomorrow.


I think nicbreeful mentioned something about it too. 

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I've been incredibly depressed (side effect of surgery), they are just trying to find a combo that works.
So frustrating to go thru this and not feel like yourself afterwards

[Booze Raccoon]

It kept me awake for 72 hours the first time I took it.

First and last.

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Jul 25, 2014 16:47:08 GMT -5 Booze Raccoon said:

It kept me awake for 72 hours the first time I took it.

First and last.

Oh shit! Please dont let that happen to me AD Gods!

[ginger]

Jul 25, 2014 17:21:28 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I love it. Made me normal again.

Same.

[rarazz]

The first AD that really worked for me. I love it, it makes me feel normal again.
It does suck when you forget a dose though. Withdrawal is rough.


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[cinnamoncox]

It began to make me on the manic side. I discontinued it and got "discontinuation syndrome" and cried for literally 80 hours until I had an emergency script for Paxil called in to take the edge off.

I hope you have a better experience. Good luck dovey.

[Deleted]

Those currently on Effexor - what time do you take it? I usually take my AD's at bedtime to avoid side effects, but I find that the Effexor gives me a little burst of energy after I take it! Maybe I should take in the am.

rarazz ginger nicbreeful

[anastasia517]

Jul 25, 2014 16:47:08 GMT -5 Booze Raccoon said:

It kept me awake for 72 hours the first time I took it.

First and last.

I was the opposite.  I could have slept all the time.  (I was under 25 though, so I went off it quickly since it isn't really approved for young adults.)

[ijack]

it does have a little of a stimulant quality to it, but it's worked well for me.

[jeekerbeeker]

I didn't like it.  It made me twitchy and I had a hard time sleeping.  I'm on a combo of celexa and welbutrin now and feel awesome.

[sandytoes]

I couldn't sleep on it and everyone thought I was on drugs because it made my eyes look weird. My pupils were HUGE all the time. Fully dilated, where I looked like an alien.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 25, 2014 16:36:33 GMT -5 @scar said:

Has anyone taken Effexor? If so,  what are your thoughts?  Side effects? 

Tia

I've been on it for years. It's a miracle drug. An effing miracle drug. Miracle. Drug. I do not exaggerate. I know, I know, everyone is different and blah blah blah, but I hope I'm able to stay on effexor the rest of my life. When I first started I had wicked nausea for a few days, but that passed and then it was fine. Also, any time the doctor would adjust my dose I'd be nauseous for a day or so, then fine again. Also, longer lasting but still pretty brief in the overall scheme of things, it would also make me sleepy ... like, a three-hour nap in the middle of the day sleepy. I still can nap really easily, any time, any place, but the first month? or so, I really HAD to nap. I could not physically keep my eyes open. But OMG, OMFG, after living with what I now realize was depression since I was a kid, Effexor makes me feel normal.

One other thing: They say it's really dangerous to stop it suddenly and you need to do this under a doctor's supervision. Without realizing it, and during an extremely chaotic period in my life I did stop taking it, without doctor's supervision, and I didn't have crazy withdrawal or anything, but my sleep was impacted like mad. I do not recommend doing this. (I also recommend not having chaos in your life, so there.) 

Good luck if Effexor is your AD of choice; that said, if Effexor doesn't work for you, try a different dose, and try different drugs until you find your miracle drug. It's out there, I promise. There are so many drugs that work in so many different ways; that's why I think they're all effing miraculous.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 28, 2014 13:14:03 GMT -5 anastasia517 said:

Jul 25, 2014 16:47:08 GMT -5 Booze Raccoon said:

It kept me awake for 72 hours the first time I took it.

First and last.

I was the opposite.  I could have slept all the time.  (I was under 25 though, so I went off it quickly since it isn't really approved for young adults.)

It's crazy how different people react so differently, isn't it? I'm shocked by the "can't sleep" comments. But I was also older when I started it; probably close to 45.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 25, 2014 17:21:28 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I love it. Made me normal again.

I've said this before ... but after I'd been on it for some weeks? months? I was driving on the highway and literally said out loud (I was alone in the car) "Hmm, so this is what "normal" feels like."

[ginger]

Jul 28, 2014 12:22:58 GMT -5 @scar said:

Those currently on Effexor - what time do you take it? I usually take my AD's at bedtime to avoid side effects, but I find that the Effexor gives me a little burst of energy after I take it! Maybe I should take in the am.

rarazz ginger nicbreeful

I take it in the AM

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MixedBerryJam - what time do you take it?

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 28, 2014 14:37:38 GMT -5 @scar said:

MixedBerryJam - what time do you take it?

Oh, that's something else I should have mentioned! Dr wrote the original rx for taking it in the am, but I found that made me sleepy all day. But then if I'd take it at bedtime I'd have a hard time waking up in the morning (I was taking a controlled release, I think; I'm actually on a generic now) so I wrangled it that I take it around 3, which gives it time to get into my system before I go to bed but I'm not feeling sleepy all day. I forgot that that was probably the biggest fine-tuning pita of getting on that drug. Taking a drug in the middle of the afternoon when I was working was a major pain, but now that I'm not working it's fine.

[berbles]

My XH was on it for a hot second. He took it without eating once and barfed and never took it again.

Don't do that.

[rarazz]

I take it in the am. I've tried both am and pm. Honestly it helps me focus. I was originally prescribed it to help with my a.d.d. and anxiety but it worked miracles on my depression. It is also my miracle drug I've never had a AD work until Effexor.


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