Posted by Alesa on August 13, 2004, at 17:06:08
In reply to Re: Some thoughts on Effexor, posted by questions on August 13, 2004, at 13:44:15
That's too bad that she hasn't found something to help her. I hope she can find something soon. Being depressed is just awful, draining, and not understood by alot of people.
I was always angry and irritable before taking Effexor, and it has helped calm those feelings too. I feel normal for the first time ever, since I was a kid! My boyfriend has noticed a considerable difference in me too (he lives with me). I hope it stays this way and doesn't take a turn for the worst like it did for some people. Funny, I used to be a clean freak and now messes don't bother me. But I don't yell at anyone about it-things just don't bother me as much. Boy, little teeny tiny insignificant things would bother me before, and I would blow things way out of proportion and obsess over things like crazy. I feel much more balanced now.
> Speaking from the perspective of someone who is living with someone who was on Effexor, I can't relate directly. Hwoever, my Fiancee' went on Effexor about 9 months ago. She was depressed before, and at first started doing much better. After a while though, she became an insomniac, and stopped showing up for her job because sh e couldn't get up in the mornings. The house was always a mess when I got home, and she would yell at me all the time. Yet if I ever even said anything back that she took the wrong way, it got even nastier. Basically I was in trouble either way. This was while she was still on Effexor!
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> About a month ago she finally took her last does after being weaned off. She immediately got better, however, now she gets EXTREMELY depressed at night time only. The rest of the day she is fine. However, between 8 and 10 pm, it is just awful. She sounds like the world is coming to an end. I don't know what to think anymore. Effexor can definetly helps some people, but it has only led to more confusion for us. She can't go back on that, it made her life worse. For some though, it is a miracle drug.
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