Posted by goofy on March 29, 2001, at 11:42:51
In reply to EFFEROX XR YES!!!, posted by Voski on March 29, 2001, at 8:14:23
> Efferox XR, YES!!! It has helped me!!! After taking Zoloft with side effects and then Prozac, yet more side effects with muscle spasms, it was Efferox XR that helped with no side effects. Struggling with depression is no fun for yourself or your family. After a year of feeling out of touch with myself and out of control, I went to my doctor. The results are wonderful with the help of counseling. The hell I put my children and husband thru. I am currently up to twice a day taking Efforox XR with fantastic results. That's 150 mg. 75mg. each time. I was having a mid day crash, as I call it. Crying and feeling useless is not fun. Now I am smiling and laughing again with slight bouts of crying, etc. What great news!!!! I am still in couseling and probably will be for a while, which is fine with me along with med help. At least now, I can get through the day. I still have trouble sleeping nights, but with Ambien, I now have a night with sleep and not waking to my mind wondering.... Feel free to comment. Good luck with all!!
> voski
voskiIam a 35 year old woman who had the same situation you discribed in your post. The only exceptions were, i was only on 75mg. and i was not seeing a counsler. I was excited with the results of this drug just like you. I did not have any side effects and was looking at this drug as a life saver. When I had been on the effexor for about a year, I started noticing some stange things gradually happening to me. The most noticable was I was having a hard time waking up. I started requiring 10-12 hrs. of sleep. Then i noticed my sex life was changing. I was becoming numb to any stimulation. Of course these are some of the signs of depression so my first thought was i had to increase my effexor dose. The fact that i was fine and great with my life one day and all of a sudden over a few weeks noticing these symptoms baffled me. I started investigating this drug and monitoring this board. all I can say is THANK GOD, I did not increase my dose at my dr. advise and that I startrd to take myself of this drug. I was able to get off this drug with very minimal side effects( check my previous post for details) I have now been effexor free for 19 days and all aspects of my life are great. I am glad you are doing great. I just felt compelled to share my situation with you because you reminded me of myself.
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