Posted by matz on December 1, 2003, at 15:53:47
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR?, posted by dms777smd on December 1, 2003, at 15:34:53
Effexor worked incredibly well for me, except that I had almost all of the side effects - constipation, difficult urination, sexual effects, and, worst of all, increased blood pressure. When my pressure got into the hypertention range, I had to quit. I haven't seen anyone mention the high blood pressure yet.
Quitting was not fun. I got the "brain shocks" very badly. At first, every time I blinked my eyes, I would get zapped. To get off it, my doctor told me to take only one capsule one day, skip a day, one capsule the next, then I would be off. Big mistake. It actually took me 4-5 weeks, taking smaller and smaller doses. Near the end, even taking 5-6 of the little beads inside the capsule prevented the zaps. Finally went away completely.
I am really upset about the side effects. It worked so well on my depression and anxiety, both. I don't beleive any other med will work as well.
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