Posted by KaraS on December 24, 2004, at 15:22:40
In reply to Re: my Effexor experience, posted by not2late4u on December 24, 2004, at 14:53:19
> I am new to this site, got here because I did a search and saw, is effexor working for you? I didnt realize I was on a site that "hated" effexor and that my experience wouldnt be welcome. I actually learned some things from this site, why I cant sleep until 3-4am and dont want to get up until after noon and have to force myself to get up. Thats been a HUGE issue for me and thought it was a bad habit or still had depression or whatever. Anyways, I do think there are pros and cons to medication in general. Everyones pros and cons are different with each medication. I think the FDA can do a better job with ALL meds, not just effexor. I do plan on talking to my psych and weening myself off after the first of the new year. I want to see if I've made enough changes to be free of anxiety/depression without meds. God Bless. Renee
Renee,
I don't think it's fair to say that this whole site hates Effexor - though there is a considerable amount of anger towards it among a large vocal group. There are also members here who are on it now or have been on it in the past and have had better experiences on it (including myself). At any rate, I hope that you are successful in going of it and operating without medication.Good luck and definitely follow the advice you find on here about how to withdraw from it!
Kara
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