Effexor
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lonelylilly
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I am on Effexor XR I take 300mg a day and I have done this for almost 5 years now. I have heard some people say that is did not work for them and I feel so bad because it has been a heaven sent in my life. Yes there are side effects but they are completly work the risk for me...I am able to function were before effexor i was all over the place emotionally. My mental state was of a person who belonged in a hospital. I thank god everyday for my Effexor but you have to do what is best for you! Good luck and let me know how it goes for you.
Yer_Blues
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I was on it for year and it did nothing for me, I reached my lowest point ever during this time, who knows if it was related. I didn't have any side effects. I've stopped taking it recently and am having some withdrawal symptoms, but wont take it again.
I was on 300mg like lonelylilly and as you can see it works for some.
Lonelylilly - is it helping with depression or anxiety, or both?
I was on 300mg like lonelylilly and as you can see it works for some.
Lonelylilly - is it helping with depression or anxiety, or both?
Great_Beyond
Active member
I used to take it and it didn't do anything. Now I'm taking Zoloft and it does even less.
villacjs
Well-known member
I have just taking Effexor XR, currently it is about day 8. I switched over from Lexapro (see my thread!) because Lexapro didn't seem strong enough to check my depression in check. I'm taking 150mg after spending 3 days @ 75mg. It is working well so far, for the depression anyway, not so much for SA/SP though.
Rabindranath
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I'm on Effexor -- 75mg a day. It works great for me. I'd say 50% of my anxiety is gone. I feel like I'm at a "normal" level of anxiety for the average person.
The only side effect I'm experiencing is boring orgasms. Erection no problem but it takes longer than normal to ejaculate and it feels about 1/10 of how it normally did. But I don't care; it's worth it.
The only side effect I'm experiencing is boring orgasms. Erection no problem but it takes longer than normal to ejaculate and it feels about 1/10 of how it normally did. But I don't care; it's worth it.
Autumnleaves
New member
I'm suppose to be taking Zoloft, but I stopped because I was getting increasingly anxious by the day. Last night, I had a crazy manic attack and I decided to just take a xanax and sleep it off. Has anyone taken Zoloft, cause to be honest, I'm terrified at this point. Any suggestions are helpful.
Autumnleaves
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Hael said:
If you don't mind, what were your side effects on the SSRI's that made you stop?
otter
Member
My friend was put on it to treat his drug induced psychosis and he killed himself after about a month of taking it. This sent me into a depression so I was put onto it too. It stopped me from grieving, and from feeling any emotion. Just anxiety. I couldn't wait for that shaky early period of staring a new drug to finish so I stopped taking (stupidly without doctors advise). Since then I have taken prozac which still turned me into an emotionless zombie, but It didn't make me feel worse like effexor did. If you want my advise...
livingnsilence
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I was on 100mg a day of the generic effexor and it did nothing for me but I also didn't have any side affects. I pretty much stopped cold turky b/c it wasn't working and I couldn't afford the $115 dollars for another months supply and I did get some withdrawl but it wasn't bad, not near as bad as a lot of the people who came off make it seem but that might have been b/c I was only on it a month.
VioletTears
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I'm on it... 150 mg working my way up to 225... only I started getting really dizzy and horrible numbness in my legs and head every time I stand up. This has been all weekend. I cut back to the 150 and it's getting better but 150 has done nothing for me so far in terms of treating major depression and anxiety. I don't know what to do. 