Posted by winddancer on February 8, 2005, at 17:11:42
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » Doc, posted by Phillipa on February 8, 2005, at 16:40:19
It's interesting to read everyone's experiences. A few posts back, for the first time someone else mentioned the tingling hands and fingers, which I have, also the sweats, headaches, and the cold hands, feet. I'm starting to decrease my 150 mg/day habit. I asked dr if she could switch me to something else before I try to start lowering doses so that during the weening off I may not have these other sensations from the Effexor. She just wants me to gradually drop to lower and lower doses. I'm so sick of all these side effects and want to get off all these drugs, Even though they served me to bring me out of deep depression, they don't appear to serve me so well now.
Possible remedy: I've just begun to see an acupunctureist/Chinese herbal medicinalist, who is developing treatments that help with insomnia and some body aches. He was able to understand the pattern of my body aches and explain why they are all connected - first person who seems to "get-it" when I describe my ailments. He can tell that my gall bladder is being stressed and that some of the problems can be related to the constipation associated with the drug. winddancer
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