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Posted by ann33 on January 11, 2004, at 10:00:10
Hi,
I am taking effexor but I have problems to concentrate and I dont pay attention to details anymore, despite the normal side effects.
I need to learn and acquire new informations.
I have the impression that I dont pay attention in small details anymore. I have problems to drive and to make quickly thinking.
I would like to know if someone has the experience with this. Could be this a effect of effexor?
thanks ann
Posted by SLS on January 11, 2004, at 12:39:28
In reply to Efexor and working life sciences, posted by ann33 on January 11, 2004, at 10:00:10
> I am taking effexor but I have problems to concentrate and I dont pay attention to details anymore,
Hi Ann.How long have you been taking Effexor for? Have you recently increased dosage?
What you are describing can very definitely be the result of Effexor. I experienced something similar when I first started taking it. It pretty much disappeared within a month. However, I think I remember some people complain that this "brain fog" had persisted with them. Individuals react differently to any one medication. I wouldn't know what to recommend to you other than continuing to work with your doctor and make decisions as you go. It might disappear. It might not. There are a bunch of other drugs to choose from.
Good luck.
- Scott
Posted by ann33 on January 11, 2004, at 16:31:41
In reply to Re: Efexor and working life sciences, posted by SLS on January 11, 2004, at 12:39:28
Hi, Scott
I am taking for more then a year, 75 mg. Doctors are not really interested to know what I feel. They continue suggesting that I should take.
I change already of doctor and he kept the medication. My question is:
is it possible that taking effexor I can find myself in a situation that I understand something that was not said or it is possible that the medicine affect my thought leading me to have false conclusion?
Do you know or someone know about it?
Which other drug do not affect the concentration?thanks ann
> > I am taking effexor but I have problems to concentrate and I dont pay attention to details anymore,
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> Hi Ann.
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> How long have you been taking Effexor for? Have you recently increased dosage?
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> What you are describing can very definitely be the result of Effexor. I experienced something similar when I first started taking it. It pretty much disappeared within a month. However, I think I remember some people complain that this "brain fog" had persisted with them. Individuals react differently to any one medication. I wouldn't know what to recommend to you other than continuing to work with your doctor and make decisions as you go. It might disappear. It might not. There are a bunch of other drugs to choose from.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> - Scott
Posted by SLS on January 11, 2004, at 16:59:27
In reply to Re: Efexor and working life sciences, posted by ann33 on January 11, 2004, at 16:31:41
In Re: Effexor
> I am taking for more then a year, 75 mg. Doctors are not really interested to know what I feel.
75mg is a low dosage. Most people need at least 150mg for Effexor to be effective to treat depression. Some people take 300mg.
> They continue suggesting that I should take. I change already of doctor and he kept the medication.
Are you depressed now?
> My question is:
> is it possible that taking effexor I can find myself in a situation that I understand something that was not said or it is possible that the medicine affect my thought leading me to have false conclusion?
> Do you know or someone know about it?I don't know. Please describe in more detail.
> Which other drug do not affect the concentration?
Each person is different with the way they react to each drug. Almost every drug can produce impaired concentration. If Effexor is no good, maybe Prozac or Zoloft would be better. Wellbutrin, Remeron, or desipramine might be alternate choices if the SSRIs cause you problems.
I hope this helps.
- Scott
Posted by ann33 on January 13, 2004, at 17:10:36
In reply to Re: Efexor and working life sciences, posted by SLS on January 11, 2004, at 16:59:27
Hi, scott
I am curious: what is your working area?>
> 75mg is a low dosage.
I would say that worked a little bit. I had strong complicate with side effect like agressivity and a lot of physical effect.
If increases concentration of efexor would it increases the intensity of side effects?>
> Are you depressed now?
that is good question.
I started to take effexor because I was having mobing in my work and was really hard to take it psicologically. I was almost not sleeping anymore, a lot of stress, pressure and so on.Before start to take effexor I was always strong motivated ( independently of these problems).
I took for almost a year.
Last summer I was fine ( tired and deconcentrate but psicologically good) then I wanted to go out of this medicine. Happens that I could not go throught of the withdrawn and then I came back to take it. Then started the winter my doctor adviced me to go on because I am originally from a very nice summer country. I still fell very tired, with not so much motivation ( as I had before start efexor) and concentration is really down. I dontknow how much from this is the medicine. Clearly for me is that - my bod is not the same anymore as it was. I want to go out this ofcourse.>myself in a situation that I understand something that was not said or it is possible that the medicine affect my thought leading me to have false conclusion?
> > Do you know or someone know about it?
>
> I don't know. Please describe in more detail.
>
what I mean is: someone says "bill" and I understand "kill". That is not the case exactly this words. Is when just something sound near and then I have sure that I heard and the person asnwer that this was not said like this.Or may be in the case when you works with logic.
Your logic somehow goes different as was before.
If you have to take decisions and then you are just doing things that normaly you would not do ...like give your how money to the next person that you meet...( it was not the case...:)))very nice of you for answering..thanks anyway...
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