Posted by amanda818 on February 4, 2004, at 9:05:48
In reply to not doing so well, posted by Dr...Not! on February 3, 2004, at 13:41:59
Effexor XR is the 2nd drug I've been on - Paxil being the first, but due to the weight gain, got off that one (50 lbs in less than a year). Withdrawl from Paxil was exactly what everyone said it was, and obviously there is a lot of information about it, however Effexor XR has been different for me. I still have the vertigo (feeling dizzy/having drunk-vision) but something new hit me today - I had the first panick attack I've EVER had! I was sitting in the middle of class and just started... panicking! For no reason! I was not on the meds for panic attacks - so this is the first one I've ever experienced. What do I do? How do I help control them? I can't afford to feel crazy like that in the middle of class! Any advice? (original reason for meds was to control mood swings - had a hard time getting over the little things, but nothing dramatic really, just more like a bad teenager-like response. Was prescribed the first drug by what I now know was a totally incompetent/inexperienced doctor, but being young, I had no idea what to ask. So thus begun my trip, just FYI)
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