Posted by renelso1 on May 21, 2002, at 13:05:32
In reply to how long until you felt better?, posted by sly on May 21, 2002, at 10:38:23
sly,
i have also been on effexor xr for a month. i started much quicker than you though. 75 for a week and then jumped up to 150 right away. looking back i wish my doc had started me out slower cos the side effects were horrid. once i had been on 150 for about a week the numbness went away. i certainly don't feel 100% better but my suicidal tendencies are really decreasing and i'm making slow progress. i would talk to your doc about bumping up your dose. then give it another month. i know the waiting is crazy, but i'm all out of other solutions. good luck to you!!
r.
> I'm new to Effexor XR, been on it for about a month, 2 weeks at 37.5mg and now 2 weeks at 75mg. I'm not having any troubling side effects, but I don't really feel any better.
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> My Dr. said I should be starting to feel better after 4 weeks, less sad, less crying, but all I really feel is numb, spaced out, distant, isolated, almost invisible... my mind is foggy, I can't concentrate, I hardly do any work anymore. A few days ago I started to cry at my desk, I've never done that before, but lately it seems like everything upsets me, before I used to wish I was dead, couldn't really bear living, couldn't see a way for life to get better so why draw it out, every day is so painful - now that I'm on Effexor I've started planning to kill myself, where, how, when... I thought I was supposed to get better, how long until this medication starts to work?
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> Did anyone else feel like this?
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