Posted by russman on February 9, 2005, at 15:59:09
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
I have been on effexor 75 mg now for approx 3 or 4 years. I began treatment after my job performance was affected by decreased abillity to focus. I was extremely surprised at the diagnosis of depression, because I have always had a very positive outlook in dealing with any problem that ever came up. It was apparently brought on by too much stress and too many "irons in the fire". The 35mg initial prescription helped but my doctor suggested going to 75mg to help me a little more, and I have been on 75mg since.
I have tried to decrease the amount a couple times without good results. My initial symptoms began to return with a few days so I went back up to 75mg. I have thought about stopping a couple times when I ran out of my prescription, but after approx 48 hours I cannot seem to cope and become more and more confused and irritable.
My wife seems to feel I begin showing irritable symptoms after I miss one daily dose. So I feel I'm dependent on effexor now. It did not repair my problem but it controls it and gives me the ability to work and deal with life in general.
I recently began an exercise program to try and loose weight I've put on the past 3 or 4 years and I am hoping it will help me move towards lowering my dependency on effexor. I am 54 yrs old and semi retired as of last October so I am hoping my stress levels will be lower from now on also.
I hope someone else can relate to my experience and I will watch for advise on this web site.
poster:russman
thread:13781
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050207/msgs/455538.html