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Re: help - terrifying side effects

Posted by Nigel99 on October 2, 2002, at 18:31:28

In reply to help - terrifying side effects, posted by legallybrunette on October 2, 2002, at 9:39:48

Hang in there Legal!! The 'tripiness' will pass in a few days. I also made the 'acid trip' comparison for a day or so (yeah I did dumb things in high school too). Shortly after I started smiling in a similar forced manner for a day or two but this was very pleasant after being so down for so long. That reduced too in a few days.

This effect and the tightness of jaw will go away shortly - take time off work or school if you have to to get through this. But like I said the other day, I found some of the other ones stay

You may want to ask your doc if you can delay going to 75 mg for an extra few days too - that might help a bit.

> i've only been on e-xr (37.5) for 3 days now, have
> already experienced some scary side-effects &
> don't know if i should continue.
> can someone give me some input on this?
>
> last night as i watched tv, every muscle in my body
> started to tense and twitch. i knew it was the
> effexor settling in, so i just let it happen, w/o
> too much panic.
> but then when i got up - and the only way i can
> describe this is when i had a horrible acid trip
> (sorry folks) when i was a teenager - my mind
> was completely disassociated from my body and all
> my movements were in 'a tunnel' and in extreme slo-
> mo. my heart was racing and i thought for SURE i
> was going crazy. this lasted for about 2 hours.
>
> when i was able to function again, the only
> solution for me was to go down to my
> basement gym and do some extreme working out - part
> of me thought i may have been having an anxiety
> attack (but doubtful)and that it was best to keep
> moving & not focus on the sensations.
>
> eventually it passed, but i'm really wary about
> continuing on w/ the meds. i was so 'grateful' for
> waking up feeling 'normal' this morning, i'm afraid
> to lose that again if i pop another pill!
>
> has anyone experienced this particular kind of s.
> effect? if so what did you do?
> do s.effects tend to repeat themselves, or could
> this just've been a 1-shot deal?
>
> i really need to get myself out of this stupid pit
> of depression & i'd hate to quit now, but if this
> would considered a 'major' side-effect, i'd rather
> stop. anyway, any help would be appreciated!
>


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