Posted by linkadge on June 11, 2005, at 3:29:00
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » Sabino, posted by corafree on June 10, 2005, at 22:09:45
Effexor helped the anxiety in some ways, but it didn't help me get to the root of the problem. In many ways, the side effects, and other neurological symptoms it created actually prevented me from making the best decisions for myself. It really did a number on my cognition, sleep and motivation which ended up making the anxiety worse.
First eat the best you can, then exercise, then take as few meds to get the symptoms under control. Then work with a counseller to improve the situation for the future.
What I found was that the meds almost forced me to let go of the future. This is great, but I found myself walking into many situations unprepared because of the fact that I was "letting go" of everything on effexor.
Oftentimes the doctors will want you on 10 times the amount that quells the symptoms in order to "prevent relapse", but I think that the lowest effective dose will prevent relapse more because then you've always got that psychological barganing chip that you can increase the dose if neccessary.
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