Posted by sid on February 11, 2002, at 19:00:51
In reply to Everyone's Depression is Real, posted by spike4848 on February 11, 2002, at 18:47:42
> I was JEALOUS of the other patient and which I could just discard a med because of dry mouth.
You shouldn't be jealous of them. They may be discarding a medicine that could truely help them for something as benign as constipation or dry mouth. I've had almost all listed side effects of Effexor XR and then some. But I stuck to it and now the side effects have disappeared and those that remain I'm learning to manage (sleep problems mostly). And I have no symptom of depression, dysthymia and anxiety. I was tempted to switch to something else at the beginning, or to stop ADs altogether, but I went past the first few weeks, and with time I have discovered the benefits of the medicine. I wouldn't trade this for the world right now.
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