Posted by Little8angels on August 2, 2006, at 22:51:23
In reply to Just started Effexor XR 7/26/06?, posted by MaggieATL on July 29, 2006, at 9:53:09
I would think twice about starting Effexor, I started taking Effexor XR when my son left for Iraq. I was on it for about 3 Years @ 150mg daily. It really seemed to work for the first year, but then I started having several different unexplained medical problems. I am still going through tests because of electrical shocks, dizziness and severe abdominal distention that comes on and makes me look like I am 9 months pregnant, I never had any medical problems until after I started taking effexor. When I decided to quit taking effexor my NIGHTMARE began! I could not function! I had tremors, nausea,electrical shocks that went through my entire body,dizziness and sweats. I could not get out of bed because it felt like my brain was doing flip flops, my chest hurt so bad I thought I was having a heart attack! I was such a mess I started taking it again to relieve the withdrawls. I ask my dr about the withdrawls and she said it should be out of your system in 24 hours. That was a joke! It took me almost a year to get it out of my system! but I had to suffer through a lot of these withdrawls for months. I have been off of effexor for about a year now, but I think it has done irreversible damage to my body. I still have the electrical shocks and dizziness and the abdominal distention! drs do not realize what this antidepressant does to the body and they arent aware of how hard it is to get off of it. I took copies of e-mails from 100s of people who experienced bad side effects and withdrawls to my dr, so she could see that i wasnt crazy. she could not believe it, and she had no clue that effexor did this to people. she and I have been researching this for quite awhile and almost everyone we have talked to has had the same problems with this medicine. I would not reccomend effexor to anyone. I just want people to be aware about this drug before they start taking it. anyone who needs any info on how to get off this drug, please post and ill help you all i can. This is a wicked drug!
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