Posted by FaithT on January 4, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: You might want to give that a second thought...., posted by dancingstar on January 4, 2005, at 22:48:37
Dear Bebe~
Again, why are you going to extreme lengths to scare people who are not asking a question ,pertaining to YOUR personal experience? This person is considering increasing dosage, but was concerned about weight gain etc.. Bebe, not every single person does gain weight, have problems such as yours, or is unable to stop taking Effexor. Come to the support group that I belong to, an online support group for melanoma patients and, YES, even Melanoma patients have taken Effexor and stopped the drug. It is possible!!!!!!!!!!
Bebe, I stopped the drug for 2 months, and you know what? If I didn't have melanoma that scares me to no end, I would have been fine without the drug after taking it for 1 1/2 years at that point! I felt great the entire time I was taking it, and felt fine after as well. I went back on it because I have an issue that causes my depression. Effexor doesn't cause it..It HELPS it!
The 7,000 people that you are referring to in signing this petition are largely complaining about withdrawl symptoms that they were unadvised of. I can understand that. However, you are truly unfair in the things that you are posting to these people on this board, in answering every question with scare tactics. That is just not right, and unfair to the poster.
As far as a 5 lb. weight gain, most people do know that ANY anti-depressant can cause weight changes. Some people lose weight on Effexor, some gain, some stay the same. Not everyone gains an extreme amount.
Your statement regarding Wyeth not admitting to weight changes is untrue. It's listed right on the side effect sheet that you get from the pharmacy, along with cautions regarding withdrawl from the med. etc.
You have this personal crusade going on for this one drug. Bebe, I hate to tell you this, but there are many others out there with much worse side effects. Are you also answering each an everyone of those posts as well, in such a manner? How about Remeron for example? Now, that drug causes weight gain. Going off ANY anti-depressant is no picnic, Bebe. It's NOT just Effexor,and a GOOD Psychiatist. does tell you this.
By no means am I on a mission to sway people to take this drug, BUT it seems that people with good experiences on it are afraid to say so, or they're not on this sight,because they have no reason to be. Basically, I wouldn't still be here either after answering that first post, if it wasn't for you. Again, the title of that post was "Has anyone had good results with Effexor XR?"
Why not stick to answering the posts that pertain to your bad experience, instead of scaring people who have obviously read those posts and are looking for someone who had a good one?
Faith~
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