Posted by dancingstar on January 3, 2005, at 10:57:05
In reply to Re: I AM GRATEFUL for Effexor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » dancingstar, posted by FaithT on January 3, 2005, at 9:22:03
Because Wyeth considers the data "proprietary," they don't tell us what the real figures are. A random sampling of this site would lead me to believe that with regard to withdrawal symptoms alone, leaving at all other side effects, people that have no withdrawal symptoms number closer to the 2 percent figure that is published by Wyeth as being the reported number of people that do have withdrawal symptoms.
I don't believe that they address weight gain nor neurological problems as issues at this time, though I might be wrong about that.
Interestingly, I found EffexorXR to cause me to have depression for the first time and when I stopped taking it, I began to have my first panic attacks. I would think that I was alone in these reactions if I had not received about 20 emails from others that also either take it or have taken it and recently stopped who confirm to me that Effexor is a drug that newcomers might do best to stay away from.
I feel strongly that anyone that is looking for advice as to whether or not to take Effexor might do best to seek a safer solution for what I understand is a terrible problem so they don't accidentally make their problems even worse than they are now.
You see, Faith, I understand that you have been through a lot, and Effexor is working for you, but I am not taking any other drugs and nothing else is masking my feelings nor clouding my mind, finally. I can think clearly for the first time in years and didn't even know that my thinking was all mucked up nor that I was in pain and asleep all day long because of some stupid drug. The Effexor took its toll slowly and silently, and I don't want to see even one more person harmed in the way that I was.
Bebe
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