Posted by girlie on July 26, 2001, at 9:37:43
In reply to Re: Does Effexor work for GAD? to girlie, posted by blayton on July 26, 2001, at 8:36:07
> Can you tell me how long after you started Effexor did you feel significant relief( say 80 % ) ? And at what dose ?
> I do feel relief from Effexor , but the increment in efficacy is very slow . Now I have been two weeks on 150 mg after being on 75 mg for four weeks .
> I do not worry about side-effects , though I am having plenty . If the drug works , I shall think about other medications to solve the side-effects . I want to give Effexor a fair trial , but the increase in benefits is ever so slow . Is it normal with Effexor that you feel better gradually until you reach a stage where you can call yourself to be in remission ? It is all very confusing .
> Sorry to be a little wordy , but since you have been on Effexor for 5+ years and have had a positive effect , I thought you would be able to fill me in with some details .
Glad to help, if I can. It's been so long since I first started....let's see, I think it was about 3 weeks before I noticed small things, and 3-4 months before I noticed the big things. I think I was at 150mg at the time.The thing is, I didn't wake up one day and say, WOW I feel better! I just DID (or DIDN'T do)things I would have before. I would realize, sometimes after the fact, that I hadn't thrown myself into an anxiety attack over something, that I just dealt with it when the time came. Not to say that I never worried, but it didn't control my life.
I remember my doctor telling me, when he prescribed the medicine, that if it was Monday and I had something going on on Thursday, I wouldn't worry about it every day until Thursday. I told him that he was crazier than I was if he thought that was going to happen to ME! But he was right!
It just came gradually and, like I said, I noticed some things after the fact. I did visit my parents (who live in another state) about a month after I went on Effexor. I think I was at 75mg at the time. I hadn't told them I was on the medication and, after the trip, my mom called to tell my that she and my dad were talking about how relaxed I was on the trip and what a great time they had with me. (I'd never been the kind of person to be described as "relaxed" before!) I told her about the medication then and she said, "stay on it, it works great!" LOL
Sorry so wordy, just want to help!
girlie
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