Posted by railgirl on December 4, 2004, at 12:46:42
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
I just wanted to say hello and that it's nice to know there are other people out there having similar issues. I have been taking Eff for almost 4 weeks now. I am taking it for Anxiety/stress with a husband deployed overseas. I have never taken any meds before and tend to be sensitive to them. I did notice some issues with being dizzy and feeling like my head wasn't all there but they have gone away now. The MAJOR problem I had from day one was sleep. I would sleep about 3-4 hours a night and then be up (and feeling like I should be doing normal daily activities) I have since been put on Ambien and would still get up but only about half the time. I have tried different times of the day (from the beginning) to take the meds~only on 75mg~ but it didn't seem to matter what time of the day I took it. I now take it at about 8pm and that seems to make the side effects not so noticeable. The one thing that I have tried (and has worked so far~!) is going to a couple biofeedback sessions. I have "homework" which is basically working with a session on a cd at night and I am able to sleep through the night (never have had or have a problem with falling asleep, just staying asleep) I felt my face being tight and clenching of my jaw without even knowing I was doing this (have done this in the past as well so I really don't think it's the meds) but the biofeedback seems to be helping in that area by basically me teaching my body how to react to outside stressors (and it's non-invasive and doesn't require additional meds)
So....now that I have ranted on, my two cents is this. This site did scare me a bit in the beginning but I understand that many people react differently to meds and that thankfully we are all different. I have noticed that the Eff helped more than it seems to be now and am wondering if I need to increase but will see my Dr. next Tuesday about this. Thanks to everyone for their insight into this medication. It's always nice to see how it "effexs" other people be it positive or negative:)
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