Posted by battygoth on May 10, 2001, at 17:49:24
In reply to Re: New to Effexor, posted by mtm on May 7, 2001, at 13:34:11
Seems that different people have different side effects, and oddly enough sometimes they are opposites. Really makes you wonder. Anyway, I am also new to Effexor. I have been on it 2 wks and 3 days. It is recommended to wean into this drug as well as out so I started at only 37.5mg for the first week. I felt nothing happen at this dose. Then I started the 75mg. Still no change for about another week. But the last 3 days have been hell. I have absolutely no improvement in anxiety and if anything, I'm worse. I was given this for anxiety, not depression, but I think it is making me depressed! I cannot get out of bed in the morning and I have trouble staying awake once I finally do. I have missed 2 days of private computer school which costs thousands of dollars and I cannot go on like this. I could hardly fix myself breakfast this morning and was so tired that I had to eat it in bed, put the plate down beside my bed and go back to sleep for 4 hrs. I think it is like what someone else wrote on a post I came across that was from last year. Someone mentioned having more dreams and having more vivid dreams. I have noticed past couple of days also that I am having upsetting dreams and that I am waking up in the middle of this dream stage and I think that when the brain is disturbed during this dream stage of sleep you end up feeling exhausted and not well rested and I think that is why I keep going back to sleep including sleeping for several hours in the afternoon the past few days. I took this drug with positive expectations and did not look at possible side effects so that my interpretations of how I felt would not be biased. I only started to look up possible side effects of sleepiness after I noticed this change in myself. I am really disappointed that this drug is not working out for me. I am afraid to even try other meds as I will have no idea what negative effects they will have on me and I cannot afford to miss more days of school. I injured my back and my leg from competing in bicycle racing while having scoliosis. I have permanent damage and am in chronic pain for which I am prescribed pain meds. The FXR was given to me by the pain clinic I go to. I have been unable to ride a bicycle for about 4 years and it was my whole life, it was everything to me. Now with this FXR I am having vivid dreams of trying to ride a bike again and it is immensely disturbing and upsetting. Anyone else experiencing side effects of vivid and upsetting dreams and inability to stay awake feel free to contact me at intheflatfields@hotmail.com .
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