Posted by amp1 on July 13, 2001, at 12:26:50
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
i started out at 37.5 and noticed its effects within hours--side effects that is. my heart rate increased, i felt "wide awake", i was sweating, jittery, dizzy and nauseous. fortunately, i was determined and these side effects slowly went away and were replaced by the main effects, which were beginning to work, but not enough. So i went up to 75. The same side effects happened and again eventually went away, but the main effects weren't enough. I then went to a combination of 75 and 37.5 (which comes to 112.5) and again had the side effects for a couple of weeks, but when the main effects kicked in and replaced the side-effects, it was perfect.
It basically took the edge off the agony without bringing up my mood (picture a wavy line and knock out the bottoms but keep the highs and middles). And I'm still capable of crying on occasion (unlike other drugs, so I hear).
There's still some lingering side-effects that I can't get rid of: sexual dysfunction, elevated heart rate, and fluctuating insomnia vs. lethargy (but not as much as I used to have before starting effexor xr). But I don't mind them because the benefits far outweigh them.
I've been on it for almost two years now and will probably have to make a lifetime commitment to it.
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