Posted by Bonnie_CA on April 29, 2006, at 2:09:08
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? YES!, posted by TinMan on March 17, 2006, at 18:11:37
> > Losing your inhibitions is also a sign of mania.
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> > I was on Effexor for 8 months and I was up around 600mg a day. It caused me to go into rapid-cycling mood swings, with the worst manic episodes that I have EVER experienced
> >
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> Whoa! Cin-666,
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> You were on 600 mg of Effexor a day? That is almost 2x the recommended daily dose. I am wondering whose care you were under...a MD or a Psychiatrist?
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> I had an MD prescribe a too high dose of Paxil for me for several months. I am still cleaning up the mess.
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> Now Effexor takes away my Generalized Anxiety but certainly not my inhibitions. I do things now without the usual anxiety and second thoughts. I like that!
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> ~TinMan
>I've noticed Effexor helps me to be more social for certain. I can smile at strangers now, when before I felt like they would think I'm weird or I'd be crushed when they don't return the smile. I'm a lot more secure in that sense now that I'm on effexor, and I'd have to say, it doesn't exactly take away my inhibitions. It does take away that social inhibition I had that made people think I wasn't a nice person.
-Bonnie
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