Posted by legallybrunette on October 31, 2002, at 11:40:50
In reply to Afraid to try it again » Racer, posted by dd3 on October 29, 2002, at 21:34:17
hey there! -
wow, i came on here to post yet another question
about effxr, saw your mssg and was astounded.
i took xr for 4 days, had zero side-effects til day
4, when the exact same thing happened to me! my
hearing became freakily 'wolf-like' (not only were
the normal drips & creaks within my house
staggeringly loud, when i went to my window i could
hear, very clearly - among other things - peoples'
conversations from nearly 2 blocks away; i kid you
not), my muscles became very rigid, and i had an
overwhelming sense of panic and mind-body
disassociation.
& later on, when i felt more 'sane', i walked up
the street to the house of the woman i'd heard
talking from 2blocks away; just out of curiosity, i
wanted to know if i hadn't just been having audio
'hallucinations'.
i asked her if she and her friend had been
discussing marital problems (yes, personal stuff,
but hey) a recently-bought SUV and their kids'
school parties.
she looked stunned and asked how i knew. i tried to
explain, but still she looked at me like i was
kooky.
anyway, that's my story. my doctor said that it
was probably 'serotonin-syndrome' (i, too, had only
been taking 37.5mg), but that she'd never heard of
those reactions.
well, i would also like to try taking it again - i
believe that i need something! - but am deathly
afraid of, not so much the acute hearing (hey, it
could come in handy!), as i am of the panic and
frightening disassociative feelings.does anyone out there know if the 'regular' non-xr
effexor has fewer side-effects, or if trying one of
the older ADs - prozac, etc - may be a safer
choice, in that they don't stimulate the serotonin
so exclusively, and head-on?> I tried Effexor XR last year because I was going thru severe depression. I was started on the lowest dose of 37.5mg twice a day. I took my first pill and within half an hour I felt like all noises were being amplified. My children were talking softly near me but to me they sounded as if they were screaming. That sensation lasted for about 3 hours. That night I fell asleep better than usual but woke up around 3 in the morning and felt like my mind was racing and I felt as if I wanted to get up and run around the house or something. I felt almost manic. I eventually fell back asleep but it took a while. The next day I took the Effexor as I was prescribed. The same thing happened again but this time I got that panicky feeling during the day and the night. I have heard that it is supposed to be good for panic attacks also, which I have suffered from for the past 18 years. I stopped taking it after the second day because of those strange feelings. My question is....have any of you had these side effects and how long do they last. I want to try it again because my panic attacks are getting worse and my depression is coming back. I have tried many AD's in the past and never had those reactions. I have told my doctor about the side effects and have asked him to switch me to another AD but he insists on the Effexor and WON'T give me another one.
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> Any ideas...comments...
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> Thanks,
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> dd3
poster:legallybrunette
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