Posted by PLB on February 6, 2001, at 0:31:04
In reply to February is Effexor month at PBabble, posted by danf on February 4, 2001, at 7:17:04
> First topic is Effexor... Points wanted both good & bad
>
> Dx effexor taken for ?*** Atypical Depression (anergic, hypersomnia)
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> did you like it or not, why ?*** Yes and no. It was the first AD that worked at all. Prior to FXer, I wasn't functioning at all. Side effects sucked, though.
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> which version effexor or effexor XR*** XR
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> how it helped or did not, time of day taken
>*** 300 mg/ day, 150 each morning and evening
> side effects starting & what helped
*** jitters, sweats, tingling (electric shock feeling) in feet.
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> side effects on the med & what helped
>*** inability to reach orgasm, severe sweating, vivid dreaming
> side effects stopping & what helped
*** nightmares; tingling ins arms, legs and feet; nausea; headaches; fever
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> time on med ( days, weeks, months, etc)*** 2 yrs
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> if you took other meds & discontinued them before effexor, if so why ?*** zoloft - no effect
***prozac - rash
***paxil - no effect
*** Wellbutrin - little effect>
> if you have stopped effexor ? why ?*** poop out - stopped working
>
> any other info or anything that happened to you on effexor or that you know about effexor.*** would like to find something that works on NA system as well as FXer, without the serotonin system effects. However, it is to date the ONLY drug that has worked for me.
>> vision changes ?
*** none
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