Posted by emmahoward on November 2, 2004, at 4:05:52
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
I wrote that post because I wanted to leave my opnion of effexor and because i was thrilled that I had the chance to try it again after a failed try.
I did find your reply very hostile and negative esp because I am new to these threads and was only hopeing to make a couple points:
Effexor or any ad shud not be prescribed by a GP
and by selecting a doctor thats informed and a good psychaitrist helps ALOT.
I read on here that a girl was prescribed 150 mgs immidiatly. Eek! Yes i did already say that my doctor has admitted that anything over 75 mgs turns ppl into vegetables. Taking too much of any drug will do that, not only effexor. Also, taking it too fast, brings on side effects and at the wrong time can also add to bad side effects, you have to take it at exaactly the same time every morning..
Ill reinstate that I was put on 35.7 for a long time. Now, its been weeks and im not quite up to 75 mgs yet, but have been told to start bring it up a little bit at a time. My doctor is informed. Along with helping me take my drug at the same time every day (important) he monitors the other drugs I take and my diet and excersize. He wont let me finally up my dose completly (im still breaking the capsule in half and divdeing it) until im done my next period because he KNOWS what kind of mental effect that may have on me.
Having an INFORMED doctor who listens and properly monitors a patient can make a world of difference. I have had NO side effects, and even on this small dose I am still on, life is completly different. Had I stayed with my GP, i might have been up to 200 mgs by now. As my new doctor does with all his patients, he wont prescribe over 75 mgs, and he only does this during winter because winter is a tough time of year.
I told him about this thread and wot I read posted about the 'withdrawls' and 'bad side effects' and he told me to stay offline. lol. I asked him if I am going to experience 'brain freezes' 'eye before brain experiences' 'night sweats' 'passing out' and any horrible effects like that when the time comes to get off the drug and he has assured me that this wont happen, that he has taken alot of people off the drug the proper way and no one has gone through anything of the sort. Ive been through enough with him this far to believe what he says because going on the drug has been so easy I forget sometimes that Im even on an anti depressant. No symptoms. It took time, but suddenly, im clear headed, and I feel more normal then I have in a LONG time.
So before you intimidate new ppl on here because they are thinking about taking this drug, new ppl who are at that already frightened and intimidated, think about how many ppl this drug HAS helped. I know that I probably read one of your anti-effexor posts earlier on in the year at the very begining, and that might have helped me be scared of this drug as much as that quack doctor that started me on effexor too fast and too much. I can only thank god now that I got a second chance with this drug, and with the right doctor. Negative posts only frighten people away from something that might change their lives for the good... then whos the villan? Anti-effexor post ppl, or the drug companies whos job are to help ppl?
poster:emmahoward
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