Posted by Nina83 on September 26, 2003, at 1:43:58
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
Hi everyone. I started effexor about two weeks ago. I started on 35mg twice a day for a week then went to 75mg twice a day. The first day I took it I felt terrible. I felt like I was going to throw up. My heart was racing like crazy and i felt like I was going to have a heart attack and die. I was getting really worried about all these side effects I was getting. I went onto this site and read all the bad experiences people were having and started getting really scared. Id been on anti depressants a few times before, but came to realise that i did need them. I don't like the idea of taking drugs, so after a few months of using them I would think that I didnt need them anymore because I was feeling fine. But it was the anti-depressants keeping me sane. My doctor said to persist and to take the night time tablet earlier. So I take them at about 6pm. This has helped the insomnia alot. To everybody out there who is worried about the side effects. Of course it is better for your body not to be ingesting drugs, but if it helps you function properly and think rationally-then i think the positives outweigh the negatives.
I haven't felt this normal for a long time. I had to break up with my boyfriend because the depression was controlling me. I would read into everything too much and worry about things-the result of too many negative thoughts cluttering up my mind. I couldn't function properly at work-i would get so anxious that i had to just get out of there. So, HANG IN THERE!!! IT WILL GET BETTER!!! I'm back with my beautiful boyfriend and everything's going great. I can actually sit still without my mind going crazy with negative thoughts.
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