Posted by Frankie2120 on September 28, 2006, at 9:40:48
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR?, posted by gabbie on September 28, 2006, at 6:35:43
Even when i took laxepro for the first time i started feeling better after like 4 months so i stopped taking it... then all the stupid depression started comming back... (like you said crying for no reason)... trust me if you saw me you wouldn't think i would be someone to cry)... :) So going back to my doctor he told me that you have to take it for at least 13 months to get things balanced.... The laxepro did make me yhan alot at first too... however it did nothing for my social anxiety... and like you my life is really good... i have a great job and a great faimly and a ton of fun going out.. .however everything inside of me was like a struggle... and i knew that wasn't me... I would get anxieties over the stupidest things.... Try the Effexor XR... I'm 28 years old 6 foot about 205 pounds of all muscle... (besides the point just trying to give you a size to my dosage)... and my doctor started me out at 37.5 for a week... then 75 for a week... then leveling out at 150 where i am now.... It's been about 6 weeks.... I wasn't feeling anything for the first 4 weeks but getting real tired and I started getting a low ringing in my ears... but i kid you not right at the beginning of the 5th week it was like someone flipped a switch in my head and it was like I was a wake for the first time... I used to have anxieties about talking on the phone cause i worried everyone was listening to me... gone... at the gym i hated people around me cause i felt like they all were watching me... (rediculous i know)... but that's gone... i used to feel the need to smoke all the time at work... like once an hour... Now i havn't even smoked in the past two weeks... that was an unexpected effect that just sort of happened.... If you're going to try somthing try the Effexor XR... There is nothing wrong with taking medication to get your head going right... and like everyone else sais give it time... it may take 2 weeks... it may take 2 months... everyone's head is different... and don't wake up every day in the beginning trying to notice if you feel different... Trust me when this stuff starts working for you you will know it like i did... The being tired all the time was the most annoying side affect being that i'm such an active person... however i stuck through it and it went away... you may not even experience it... but if you do keep with it and don't complain like i read alot of people doing on here... The benifits far outweigh a few side affects that go away after a week or two...
and don't ever feel bad about writing long messages... I love reading about other people's experiences with depression and anxiety and getting help and different things people go thorugh... Plus it's a great way for me to kill some time at work when i feel like taking a break... haha....
Try the Effexor XR... Talk to your doctor about it... that's what the doctor is there for... and don't feel weird in doing so... I did at first two... even before writing me a 6 month perscription he just gave me 8 weeks of sample packs so i could take it... get used to it... and then yesterday i just went back to discuss how i was feeling and if it would be a benifit to continue taking the effexor.... and yes it is....
So if it is right fo your... try it... and give it time to work... :)
Ok i'll go back to work now...
FRANKIE
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