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Re: Effexor XR New Point of View » marussi

Posted by Sad Panda on October 26, 2004, at 10:04:32

In reply to Effexor XR New Point of View, posted by marussi on October 26, 2004, at 0:10:14

> While searching the net I found this site and wanted to thank all of you before me that left excellent posts on Effexor XR. I have been taking it for about 4 months. I can already see how hard it will be to quit taking them, at the moment I can fluctaute from 75 to 150mg without much Diffrence in Side Effects. I prefer to take 112.5 ( 37.5 + 75mg) It seems to work the best for me, I am 28 healthy but 10 pounds underweight by medical standards and always have been. I gained 2 pounds between each of my 2 follow up visits which is good for me. I do have the queasiness and slight sweats but quckly eaiting food and drinking water makes it go away 90 % of the time.
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> I have become much more aggresive though not as much suicidal more amazed that we have no choice in life and therfore chould have no choice in or death. So I see Suicide as a reversal of natures order and therfore can't see going thru with it. I think of exsistence more then just suicide I am well read and Have been married a year My partner and I have had a 10 year Relation ship progressing from friends on up. It modified our sex life but not much 25mg of Viagra on bad days or late nights or if I had a glass of wine or 2. 6 out of 10 encounters not needed and w/ viagra the other 4 times a 100 % sucess rate, little weight gain, Few Brain zaps( electric brain shakes etc. ) 3 days out of 100 so far...Bad diet and elevated stress and walking while needed to see your chiropractor or having back problems seem to trigger my head electric zaps. Nausea daily, headaches w/ weather changes( sudden, Agression and happiness.)
> The side effects are less severe then I felt previously at the 150mg dose I feel fine happy and feel normal if more agressive , My brain and my Body line up and I find myself not taking people bull in a constructive vocal manner yet firm enough to get my point across I have definetly changed for the good and the bad in my friends and co workers eyes but inside I feel 100 % better.
> This is my first drug of its kind, it was presribed by a doctor and i have not seen a PSY. and I check in every 45 days or so.
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> Energy level is normal instead of over the top, I sleep fine but I do have the Sweats and Nightmares sometimes more last week then normal, After 120 days or so I am seeing some accumlative side effects possibly?
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> Overall I am happy wondering if anyone who has not been on alot of Meds of this type and is a 30 or so Male response to this drug and all responses to side effects and remedies for theose said side effects is most welcome.
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Hi there,

I've been taking Effexor for the past 12 months & have had much success with it. It quelled the daily suicide ideations I was having + it gave me a good mood within days of starting it. The downside to it is the side effects. Nausea, anorgasmia, night sweats & poorer sleep were big problems, but I found that taking a small dose of Remeron solved those problems. I've since swapped to low dose Amitriptyline for various reasons & am pretty happy with Effexor + Amitrip at the moment. The only problem I am still strugling with is apathy.

Cheers,
Paul.


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