Ok, so I was bumped up from 75 mgs to 150mgs of effexor. The last couple days I feel bad for anyone who gets in my way. I have been so agitated and find myself ready to flip out on everyone who makes me mad. Anyone experienced this? I never had this prob when I ws on 75 mgs. Is this just a side effect? Will it go away?

Check out the neurological side effects of Effexor in the product insert. You could be experiencing what they call, "serotonin syndrome". Effexor's not an SSRI, but an SNRI, but they say, in the literature, that it does affect serotonin. Serotonin Syndrome can cause all sorts of problems and can be dangerous. It can cause an extreme feeling of agitation. Some people say that they feel like they want to jump right out of their skin. Why the huge increase? Wasn't the drug "working" well enough? Common sense should tell you that the dose you're on, is not healthy for you. It's pretty common. Be very careful when you wean off the drug and go very, very slowly.

Ok, so I was bumped up from 75 mgs to 150mgs of effexor. The last couple days I feel bad for anyone who gets in my way. I have been so agitated and find myself ready to flip out on everyone who makes me mad. Anyone experienced this? I never had this prob when I ws on 75 mgs. Is this just a side effect? Will it go away?

It could be an initial side effect--initial in that you are on the initial side of the new dose. And that would mellow out in a few days. You may want to talk to your prescribing doc about it and see what s/he suggests. It could be wait it out, add a med to reduce the agitation, or change meds. I do know of moms on Effexor who find that after a week the initial side effects lift.

With Effexor, you'll want to keep in mind to avoid stopping it suddenly for any reason. SLOW is the key word with this med, but we're talking about way down the road, when you're feeling better. Not everyone has the same view of meds, but I seriously would not be here if it weren't for Zoloft and some other meds as well, and a good psychiatrist. And I fought taking meds like someone were trying to torture me. After that, it was within a month I was feeling soooooooooooooo much more like myself again, and so relieved I was headed off at the nasty path I was headed down. Also, I tried EVERYTHING I could think of to work through the depression, anxiety, and obsessive thinking (about horrid things that scared the crud outta me), but all it got me was worse. Work with your doctor and avoid doing any searches on the internet.

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