Posted by Kacy on February 18, 2004, at 9:30:20
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR for ADD? frustrated w/ my psychiatris » Kacy, posted by snarley on February 17, 2004, at 0:03:38
Marley:
I spent three months getting over side affects with Effexor. I never had sweating on it, though. What warming I had was a benefit as I run cool, not hot. (Strattera has also caused that for some people who posted here, but they seemed to get over it.)
I just waited out the side affects. I had different side affects each month. Each resolved within a month.
The sweating sounds terrible. I would be explaining that to the doctor if I suffered it. It's certainly not a side affect you are going to be able to stand permanently. I would tell the doctor about the dreams, too. Those are common. I'm glad they don't bother you. (On occasion, I have them too.)
After increasing to 225 mg., the only side affect I had was when I missed a dose. That was scary. The only description that comes close is an interruption of the visual feed. Think of the old black and white movies; when you see the sudden jerk from one part of a scene to another because some damaged pieces of the reel were cut out, then you see what happened. It was so fast that I only knew it after it happened. The shift in scene was small. No sound was missing. It happened about eight times before I took the missing dose and it had time to work. That was too much interference with my brain.
By now, you've seen your doctor. I hope he was open to trying Wellbutrin.
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