Posted by puravida on November 7, 2003, at 19:23:15
In reply to Re: lexapro vs. effexor xr, posted by need2feelbetter on November 5, 2003, at 21:48:45
I was on Effexor for several months when I started having a ton of jaw pain. I ramped up slowly - 37.5 the first week, 75 for a few more weeks, then 150. Then I started a new job, and I guess I was clenching at night.
It took two months after being off Effexor for my jaw problems to go away, and they came on a few months after I started Effexor, so I can't say for certain there is a correlation. It all finally started to break when I did a few days of Vicodin along with massage and trigger point therapy, and I guess it finally broke the cycle or spasms or whatever was happening.
Now off the Effexor - no withdrawal symptoms, and now on Lexapro. I was much more focused and motivated on the Effexor, but I don't catch myself clenching like I was before.
Hope this helps
PV
> thanks for the reply. i have always been interested in the medical field and when i started having anxiety problems at age 12, i became intensely interested in reading any medical info i could find about anatomy and physiology, especially the symptoms i was having. i wanted to be a doctor at one time, but i have a two year old at home and i don't want all that schooling. i like doing nursing work, but i just need to get over my anxiety. i can't keep having panic attacks or bad side effects to meds when i am trying to assess patients and such. so can you guys tell me, how do you feel on effexor xr? i am on my eleventh day, and sometimes i feel jittery, wired (not panicky, per se, but..) and sometimes i feel spacey, like i don't want to talk or it takes a lot to concentrate.. plus my jaw is so tight!!! i wake up clenching my teeth and biting my tongue. also i get transient headaches. have any of you had any of these problems, and do they get any better? i can't be the best nurse if i am jittery, or spacey or can't concentrate... thanks so much for all your help everyone :)
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