Posted by jmmrc2002 on November 25, 2002, at 2:35:35
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by oscarcatt on November 23, 2002, at 23:28:05
I have found this board very informative.
I've been on FXR for 5 months now. At my last visit to the doctor, she bumped me up from 150/day to 150 twice daily and a drug to help me sleep better.
I have never been depressed before and the symptoms slowly progressed because of situations and circumstances. When the outside influences got better, I felt better. Then the outside influences returned to "normal" and I became depressed again and finally sought the physician.
I generally do not like to take medicine and am very sceptical of doctors. I will take medication when I have to but would prefer to go the natural route.
I also have been diagnosed with hypothyroid. Through various links from this forum, I have discovered that the depression that I have been experiencing could be caused by my thyroid level not being balance even though I am taking the appropriate dose of medication. This doctor, who I saw for the very first time 5 months ago for the depression, never related the depression to my thyroid nor did she inform me that FXR was addictive (causing withdrawls), nor did she explain the side effects. Normally, I read the brochure from the pharmacist, but I did not this time.
I have experienced some of the side effects that I have read about in this forum but didn't relate it to the FXR. THANK YOU!!
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