Posted by Giulio on April 21, 2005, at 15:05:05 [reposted on April 21, 2005, at 21:29:51 | original URL]
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
Hi mate:
The first advise to you is "listen to your body": if you're unhappy with Effexor, talk to your doctor and drop it and find alternatives. No second thoughts; trust your gut!!!!
I've been using Effexor to treat anxiety and panic. I've used it for three years now, and I'm very happy with the progress. I'd had anxiety and occasional panic attacks for about 4 years, since 1997. In 2002 the problem had become overwhelming and my job was in jeopardy (let alone quality of life).. Before Effexor I'd tried Zoloft and Lorazepan (sublingual). I got addicted to Lorazepan, whereas I had the impression that Zoloft was of no help to me. So, after 10-12 weeks of Zoloft I tried Effexor. Within 6-8 weeks I began feeling better and I quite easily eliminated Lorazepan. At the present I feel very well and can deal with life problems at ease. I had no more sleepless nights and infact can fall asleep when I want to. So it seems tha Effexor has worked very well and my doctor and I recently agreed how I should move towards a drug-free life (more or less within the year). However, I want to highlight other factors that have affected my health. First of all my doctor is very good at communicating, listening and talking. He also has quite an amount of knowledge on some typical symptoms of anxiety - for example the 'fear of fear', the cycle of an attack, respiration, etc.-: so, talking to him is always 'easy'; I feel and I am sure he understands what I'm talking about. I always felt empowered when interacting with him; most of the decisions on planning a course of action are mine, while he monitored my progresses -he was quite directive when I was getting more and more dependant on Lorazepan. Secondly, some of the problems that were keeping me very much on my nerves slowly began to improve. I still have a lot to deal with (financial problems at the top of the list, but also quality of life), but I can get things out of my system very quickly now: I just do what I honestly can and don't waste my time in negative thinking. One thing that has helped me a lot is my professional knowledge of depression and anxiety (post-grad level) and pharmacology. Having clear ideas in regard to what was happening to me has helped me a lot. I have met many people who are dealing with problems similar to mine and /or with various degrees of depression and some of them told me that they were happy with whatever they were/ are using (Zoloft, Paxil, Valium, Clonazepan, etc. etc...).
Take care....
> Hi there,
>
> Anyone care to comment on the use of Effexor? Anyone
> "happy" with it? I have tried Prozac (too much anxiety),
> Serzone (too sedating). I am currently on Buspar for anxiety.
>
> Been reading many different reports... Effexor seems
> to have a lot of success...
>
> please share your thoughts on this.
poster:Giulio
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