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Posted by KrissyP on March 1, 2003, at 2:04:13
I started back on Effexor-XR 6 days ago, and tonight I was not so much crawling out of my skin but felt such a high-like wow-everything is okee dokee. Has anyone ever had this experience? I don't remember this the last time I was on it. I can't stop moving my feet back and forth, I'm pickin at my acrylics *laugh*, and I am racing around like a chicken with my head cut off.
I went to my doctor and asked if I could take it at night because an hour after I take it in the morning, I am ready to go back to sleep-very sleepy. But when I go to bed, I am anxious, and it affects me in falling asleep. Any advice? opinions? experience? Please it's bugging me
Thank you
Kristen
Posted by Alara on March 1, 2003, at 3:03:12
In reply to EFFEXOR-XR HELP-I AM HIGH, posted by KrissyP on March 1, 2003, at 2:04:13
> I started back on Effexor-XR 6 days ago, and tonight I was not so much crawling out of my skin but felt such a high-like wow-everything is okee dokee. Has anyone ever had this experience? I don't remember this the last time I was on it. I can't stop moving my feet back and forth, I'm pickin at my acrylics *laugh*, and I am racing around like a chicken with my head cut off.
> I went to my doctor and asked if I could take it at night because an hour after I take it in the morning, I am ready to go back to sleep-very sleepy. But when I go to bed, I am anxious, and it affects me in falling asleep. Any advice? opinions? experience? Please it's bugging me
> Thank you
> KristenKristen, I have been on ADs 3 times (first Prothiaden, then Effexor and now Celexa) and within 3-10 of starting each drug I felt so high that I was worried I was turning manic! Don't worry. This feeling will more than likely settle a little in a couple of weeks' time. It's your mind's way of remembering what normal serotonin level's feel like..Your body is still adjusting.
I experienced day-time yawning and insomnia for the first week after starting on Effexor. Both of these side-effects dissipated very quickly. Unfortunately I started to get very apathetic and hypersomnic after about 1 year on Effexor and also had a few problems with minor electric shock-like sensations until after I had discontinued the drug.
I didn't experience any akathasia (of the leg shaking, carpet eating variety) on Effexor but now that I'm on Celexa there's nothing more relaxing than to have a good leg shake. (Relate to the acrylic-picking phenomena. :-) ) Sometimes I just lay on my bed and shake my right leg like mad to get rid of a `wired up' feeling. It's strange that you're experiencing this sensation 2nd time around on Effexor. I wonder if our certain aspects of our body chemistries shift permanently once we have been on and off a drug?
Is Effexor-XR only available in capsule form where you are living? If you could only get it in tablet form, you could try splitting the dose and taking half in the morning and half at night.
Best of luck. Let us know how you go.
Alara
Posted by KrissyP on March 1, 2003, at 13:46:50
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR-XR HELP-I AM HIGH » KrissyP, posted by Alara on March 1, 2003, at 3:03:12
I hear you-thanks so much for the reply. I don't think it's good to go on and off a drug and I agree maybe my body is telling me that :)I sit outside on my patio and my left leg just shakes and it feels good-weird-manic-like. I'm not sure if Effexr-XR comes in anything other than a capsule form.I will keep posting, of course
Thanks again,
Kristen
Posted by Mikey_C on March 2, 2003, at 8:37:58
In reply to EFFEXOR-XR HELP-I AM HIGH, posted by KrissyP on March 1, 2003, at 2:04:13
Krissy, when I was on Effexor and that exact same thing happened to me, the PDoc that I was seeing at the time claimed that I was becoming Hypomanic and dropped my dosage back a little bit. When I was feeling the same way I was on 40mg of Effexor XR during the day and 100mg of Trazadone during the night. The best way that I could describe what I was feeling was by saying it felt like I just flipped some Extacy.You feel amazing... your body has this nice warm glow all over... you have soooo much energy... you just about completely stop sleeping...
If you're feeling like I just described I would definitely talk to your Doctor about it.
Posted by KrissyP on March 2, 2003, at 16:12:16
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR-XR HELP-I AM HIGH » KrissyP, posted by Mikey_C on March 2, 2003, at 8:37:58
Hey there:) Thanks for the info-can i ask you if the Trazadone works? How many mg do you take? ALSO-have you gained weight from it at all do you think? I was prescribed it for sleep some time ago, but only took it for a few bights. I hear ya about the hypopmania-that's exactly what it is. I'm only on 75mg Effexor-Xr-that's all I need for my depression. I wonder if 37.5 would do it? It only comes in capsule form though, where I live:(
Thanks again
Kristen
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Krissy, when I was on Effexor and that exact same thing happened to me, the PDoc that I was seeing at the time claimed that I was becoming Hypomanic and dropped my dosage back a little bit. When I was feeling the same way I was on 40mg of Effexor XR during the day and 100mg of Trazadone during the night. The best way that I could describe what I was feeling was by saying it felt like I just flipped some Extacy.
You feel amazing... your body has this nice warm glow all over... you have soooo much energy... you just about completely stop sleeping...
If you're feeling like I just described I would definitely talk to your Doctor about it.
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