Posted by BrianS on May 6, 2005, at 15:30:28
I'm 19. I was on effexor for almost two years. I suffered and still suffer from social anxiety (and because of this and the loss of a loved one I was depressed). The ignoramous doctor of mine perscribed me the horrible drug. It did nothing to alleviate my anxiety; in fact one of the side effects was nervousness!! It was bad but I still took the drug, thinking and hoping that it would help me. My muscles would twitch, I would sweat alot, have headaches, my eyes would hurt, and I would also have brain "shocks" at night. When I started tapering off the drug I started feeling like my brain was moving, not to mention my eyesight was (and still is) terrible. It would shift in and out of focus, and whenever I looked down at something and looked back up everything would be blurry; it was hard to adjust my eyes. I also heard beeping in my ears at night and still would be woken up by brain shocks. My memory was affected as well. I have been off effexor for almost four months now and still have both the side effects and the withdrawal symptoms. How long does it take for all these symptoms to go away? Or will they ever go away? I have a distrust for doctors and medication now and do not want to take any, but I fear I might have to.
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