Effexor and hypersomnia - Depression Message Board

Harvwalker · 10-16-2003, 06:03 PM

Has anyone else noticed that they require more sleep while taking effexor. I used to sleep 7.5-8.0 hrs/night before I started taking effexor and I generally felt rested. I'm only at 75 mg, but I keep sleeping in, no matter if I go to bed an hour or two early or not. I'd say I'm sleeping 10-11 hours a night now because I just can't get up in the morning. Luckily I have an occupation where my hours are flexible, but it's really starting to worry me. I've been on Effexor XR (75mg) for 5 weeks now, will this dissipate?

mistyone · 10-16-2003, 11:53 PM

yes this happen to me also very badly i was feeling like i had narcolepsy, when and where i could drop off at the drop of a hat, plus i had large and small muscle tics tremors in my hands, legs, thighs, calfs, loss of word recall in speaking, loss of train ofthought what i was gonna do next, short term memory problems, mania, nausa, (which actually didnt bohter me that much as i have to loose weight anyway so i didnt feel like eating anything) loss of taste buds, flat affect, insomina due to the excesive sleeping during the day so i had my days and nights confused in my system. sex libio gone, headaches, this one is very nast y to withdraw from another bad one to withdraw from was paxil and oxycodone for my neck operation and soma a muscle relaxer...i want to go via homepathic now and sick to death of these SSRI's, i tried almost all ofthem and none worker for very long really they all age out eventually. i am 48 yrs old andbeen on/off for nearly 7-8 years in my life. this depression is hard to beat though without any good meds

Harvwalker · 10-17-2003, 04:05 PM

does the effectiveness of anti-depressants wear off for everyone I wonder? if so, then why do doctors even prescribe them in the first place, since they seem to be hell to come off of.

Aya · 10-18-2003, 02:18 AM

Harvwalker-does the effectiveness of anti-depressants wear off for everyone I wonder? if so, then why do doctors even prescribe them in the first place, since they seem to be hell to come off of.

Well to me, it's worth the hell I go thru with the withdrawl changing med's. To go thru a self induced living hell thats all in my head. Then to the change of being able to function, but once the med wasnt strong enough to keep me from depression any more, I knew i needed to change it. I craved for being able to function. Self pitty and wallowing in my own hate isnt the way to live life, because that was my own hell in my mind I'd rather suffer for a bit, to try and regain sanity.

savysac · 10-19-2003, 06:23 AM

i was on effexor for 3 years and the sleepines never went away.

another thing, my doctor told me point blank that ssri's and in particular effexor do not have any withdrawl symptoms when its time to stop treatment. When I stopped taking it, i had the worst withdrawls ever, and i point blank called my doctor a liar to his face. needless to say, he is no longer my doctor. ssri's are the wonderdrugs of current times, and the pharmacutical companies are pushing them harder than street dealers are crack. Many doctors are missinformed by exagerations made by pharmacutical reps, the point is, do your research before you pop anything in you mouth, the internet is a wonderful resource.