Posted by rmshed on July 2, 2001, at 18:34:00
In reply to Re: positive on Effexor + don't want to stop! » rmshed, posted by Emmah on July 1, 2001, at 12:30:20
> > I started my effexor last night. I had no side effects last night, I took it as I got into bed. I had a small snack, which the pharmicist suggested that I eat something before taking my effexor. This morning I woke up and perhaps it is all in my head, but I haven't had this much energy on a Saturday morning in over a year. I will have to wait and see what happens once my body begins to adjust to the medication. I hope it works. My life is a flat line. I get up every day and go to work and I love my job. I don't do very well mentally on weekends and when I am under alot of stress.
> > Take Care.
> >
> > Becky
>
> Hi Becky,
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> How are you doing on the Effexor? Still feeling good and so side effcts? I just wish everybody could feel as good on Effexor as I feel now. I just pray to God that the effect will last as long as I need it. And I pray for all those people feeling miserable and hopeless, who haven't found a drug yet that does the trick for them. I truely believe no one should have to feel the way many of us do feel or have felt.
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> Take care,
> Emmah
>
> PS I take my meds with some food too, and I never felt nauseated after taking them.Emmah: I am so happy for you. I am glad that you have your doctor's support, that is so very important. It makes me happy when I know that for some of us, medication does work. As for my effexor xr, I increased my dose on Friday night 6/29 from 37.5 to 75mg. I noticed that I am a little dizzy at times, but then I have always felt this way, just a little more now. I am finally able to nap, on my first 10 days of being on effexor xr, I wasn't able to nap, and really that was ok. I have been napping excessively for over a year. I don't have much of a social life because of the depression. I just feel that there are not many people that I feel comfortable with and who understand me. I want to be able to share all of my experiences with a friend, just not the good times, and if I am truly a friend, I feel that they deserve to know that I suffer from depression and anxiety. I am really careful who I tell this too. I actually got up early last Saturday morning, and went and ate breakfast out and then did some shopping. It was great to be motivated to do something. If effexor is going to help me, it will take awhile for me to get used to planning on doing activities on the weekends. For almost a year, I did nothing but sleep, play games on the computer and eat on the weekends. I feel kind of lost since now I feel motivated and haven't felt that way in over a year. I hope that only good things come to you in the future and BTW let me know how things are going.
Take Care.
Becky
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