Posted by Pamela Lynn on November 13, 2001, at 3:01:16
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by kid47 on November 8, 2001, at 15:50:33
> > Hi there
> > I am new to the board, this is my 1st post.
> > It was great to find this on the internet.
> > I started reading starting from the begining,
> > and was hoping it would get better...does'nt seem that way.
> > I have been on Effexor XR for the last 9mo.
> > I started on AD right after i had my 3rd baby.
> > severe post partum. tried alot of different things none worked. zoloft, prozac,buspar,and several others, the my pdr put me on effexor.
> > I now am taking 300mg of it a day in the morning.
> > I'm glad to know that im not AS crazy as i thought i was.
> > It has helped with my moods and feeling irritable
> > all the time,helped me to to sit around and cry.
> > However...
> > I have had the vivid dreams, dreams that seem so real they stay with you all day long.
> > I have had the acne arounf the scalp. Ive never had acne before.
> > I have also had the fatigue, cant sleep at night,
> > not gained weight, becasue i started taking Ad
> > right after having the baby, however i hav'nt dropped a pound.
> > I have had no motivation, the things i use to love to do, id still love to do, i just dont want to. its very werid!
> > and God forbid i miss a dose! Whoa! I feel so
> > dizzy, i feel like im here and im aware of everything around me, but im just there. a blob!
> > i hate that feeling!
> > Im now convinced i'll be on this the rest of my life! i have 3 little girls and i cant afford at this point in my life to go through withdrawls as
> > severe as everyone has dicribed in here. I have not read where one person has said it was easy i had no problems. Maybe thats what the pharmasutical compant intended, get people addicted, and we make money FOREVER! I know when i miss my dose, im like trying to get to ASAP!
> > so no one can tell me its not addicting!
> > Right now im looking for the right meds that i can combine any sugestions would be great!
> > Something that will get me going and something that will help me sleep.
> > its funny but my pdr says i should not be feeling this way. he says it should have the opposit effect on me more energy, better sleep, lose weight, and the reason it has'nt happened yet, is
> > because im on not on the right dose. how high can
> > it go? anyone that could give me any info id appreciate. Also the pdr is talking about putting me on welbutrin, what does anyone know about this?
> > thank you-
> > witchypoo
. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >First I would like to say hello to everyone that I have read about so far on this particular thread. My name is Pamela Lynn and I too, take Effexor....3X daily @75mg per capsule. (I also take 1 Wellbutrin SR 100mg tab.; Zyprexa-5mg 1/2 tab in the AM, 1/2 tab in PM and 1/2 tab mid-day IF NEEDED; Xanax @ 0.5mg up to 4X daily if needed for panic attacks; I have also been on Ambien (NEVER worked for me) for sleep and Temazepam for sleep at the present, and since it is almost 4AM here, what does that tell you about it?LOL) Anyway...back to the Effexor.....
Frankly, it has saved my life, literally. I had been on only the Wellbutrin and Zyprexa and my slight psychotic eppisodes were less severe, but my depression, as had been since I was 14, was ever-present. About 4 mos. ago my psychiatrist put me on my first dose of Effexor-nothing at only 1 75mg capsule...then she upped it to 2 of them a day, now I am on 3 daily, along with the above mentioned meds., and FEEL FABULOUS (KNOCK ON WOOD!!lol) I DEFINATELY feet a bit of a 'serene jolt' now right after I take each Effexor pill. My moods have steadily become more 'happy and serene', instead of meloncholoy and semi-psychotic. I've been in and out of mental facilities (3 last Dec-Jan), I feel soo in control now being on the Effexor. Hmmm, let's see, the only side effects I am getting from it, and only now at the higher dose, are tightening in my jaw, and sleeplessness (have suffered insomnia for a year now, now more so--though I am told once my body gets used to the dose this hopefully will subside and sleep will return a bit.)Since I have been on antidepressants almost all of my life, and am now almost 31....I REALLY feel that the Effexor has finally allowed me some piece of mind here. I say to anyone out there that is suffering from depression and other meds. have not worked...PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TRY the Effexor, talk to your Doc...ask his/her opinion, and try it...
I have NO INTENTIONS on stopping the Effexor, even though increasingly feeling better everyday. Why would I stop a good thing??? You know? I understand I am the kind of person that will probably have to be on meds. for depression for the rest of my life..BUT, diabetics also need insulin for their lives, and depression is a disease in and of itself...and should be treated as such, if you are constantly down and can't get out of it and your docs. and YOU feel the meds. are helping.
Well....that is my take on the medication Effexor. PLEASE, anyone out there feel free to email me at my email address that's posted here; anytime...........P.L.
poster:Pamela Lynn
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