scrags
01-31-2004, 01:21 PM
hey my pdoc just put me on effexor xr after I quit taking my wellbutrin because I didn't know any better and had had a blast mixing it with cold meds and mania. So I was looking for some info on it basically just what people thought about it, dosages stuff like that. Thanks
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pillbug
01-31-2004, 09:19 PM
I changed from zyprexa to effexor a while back I now take 225mg and it seems to be helping, no side effects that I know of but I also take wllbutrin, seroquel, depakote, and flurazepam.
sha79
01-31-2004, 11:26 PM
I take 150 mg of Effexor and it works great. My nervousness and depression have really eased up. I also haven't experienced any side effects.
wobbly
02-01-2004, 12:33 PM
I was on Effexor 300 mg for a while and it didn't do a whole lot for me. I would say it kept the very worst of my depression at bay, but I didn't feel really good--that is, I didn't have a sense of well-being or "alright-ness." It didn't really have any side effects. Now Wellbutrin on the other hand...but that's a different story. And of course everybody is different; that's why there are so many different meds out there.
Give it some time to see how it works for you. I'm wishing the best for you!
Give it some time to see how it works for you. I'm wishing the best for you!
jon Faber
02-01-2004, 08:07 PM
i am coming off effexor xr 75mg three times a day because after it stopped working after 4 years. The med was OK other than the sexual side effects. now that i have a much lower dose in me sex feels about a thousand times better.
the big problem i am having is the withdrawal. my doc tells me that the
withdrawal is something they have only recently becomes aware of.
thing is that i am an addict (as are about 40% of you if what i am told is correct). The withdrawal made me want to use real bad, and i didn't even know if was from the withdrawal. i have only been clean for 10 months so who knows if things would hav ebeen different had i had more time.
the other part of the withdrawal that i do not like is that it makes me feel like i am using. i have a hard time resolving the fact that i am trying to live my life without mind or mood alterting drugs but take psychotropics. i have been mostly cool saying that i need the meds to stay well but the withdrawal makes it more difficult to justify taking these meds.
so - in my experience, it was a good antidepressant. i started when zoloft stopped working. i had some sexual side effects but was cool with it. not too many side effects starting the med - standard stool problems for a few days.
i have been on a taper for close to a month now and the withdrawl sucks.
the big problem i am having is the withdrawal. my doc tells me that the
withdrawal is something they have only recently becomes aware of.
thing is that i am an addict (as are about 40% of you if what i am told is correct). The withdrawal made me want to use real bad, and i didn't even know if was from the withdrawal. i have only been clean for 10 months so who knows if things would hav ebeen different had i had more time.
the other part of the withdrawal that i do not like is that it makes me feel like i am using. i have a hard time resolving the fact that i am trying to live my life without mind or mood alterting drugs but take psychotropics. i have been mostly cool saying that i need the meds to stay well but the withdrawal makes it more difficult to justify taking these meds.
so - in my experience, it was a good antidepressant. i started when zoloft stopped working. i had some sexual side effects but was cool with it. not too many side effects starting the med - standard stool problems for a few days.
i have been on a taper for close to a month now and the withdrawl sucks.
scrags
02-05-2004, 12:58 PM
thanks for all the feedback guys. I haven't gotten to my full dose of 225 yet but I haven't had any serious problems. I really hope this stuff helps I need some of this deppression lifted with all that is going on in my life I really need a break. But I know we all do so I wish every one well.
thanks again
scrags
thanks again
scrags