Posted by partlycloudy on February 25, 2005, at 10:40:53
In reply to Please has anybody had good results with Effexor, posted by PatriciaP on February 25, 2005, at 9:58:00
Hi, Patricia - welcome to Babble. I had great success with Effexor XR for my depression and GAD - generalized anxiety. The side effects were severe for me, too; but after 4 or 5 weeks they subsided. You should start to feel better with the anxiety within a week if it's going to help.
I was on effexor for about a year, and now I'm on Cymbalta because I developed high blood pressure. I just started taking a beta blocker and that is helping a lot with my anxiety. Interestingly enough when I changed from effexor I had no trouble tapering off even though starting the med was uncomfortable. Go figure...
Hang in there, and welcome again!
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