Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 338968

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Effexor side effects 8 wks after starting the med?

Posted by tyagua on April 22, 2004, at 20:39:02

8 wks or so after starting effexor I started experiencing side effects. Took me a while to even figure out they might be from the effexor. Went to the Effexor website and have experiences 10/16 of the side effects listed in the last 5 days. Anyway, my Dr. says it may be that my body is metabolizing the drug way too fast and I'm experiencing withdrawal. huh? Call me simple minded but I am baffled. I am currently on 150mg 1x day. So she wants me to take 75mg a day until I can get in to see her (It's Thurs. so we're talkin' 4 days at least.) meantime we're talking twitches, tremors, and vision problems (can't focus, looks fuzzy, squint a lot) those are the ones I can't live with. Has anyone heard of this? It sounds wacky to me. Help!!!

 

Re: Effexor side effects 8 wks after starting the med?

Posted by ku4ns on April 23, 2004, at 8:52:26

In reply to Effexor side effects 8 wks after starting the med?, posted by tyagua on April 22, 2004, at 20:39:02

Yes, I had those problems also. At eight weeks I did feel much better although I was still taking some xanax with the effexor. John

 

Re: Effexor side effects 8 wks after starting the med? » tyagua

Posted by Sad Panda on April 23, 2004, at 14:54:31

In reply to Effexor side effects 8 wks after starting the med?, posted by tyagua on April 22, 2004, at 20:39:02

> 8 wks or so after starting effexor I started experiencing side effects. Took me a while to even figure out they might be from the effexor. Went to the Effexor website and have experiences 10/16 of the side effects listed in the last 5 days. Anyway, my Dr. says it may be that my body is metabolizing the drug way too fast and I'm experiencing withdrawal. huh? Call me simple minded but I am baffled. I am currently on 150mg 1x day. So she wants me to take 75mg a day until I can get in to see her (It's Thurs. so we're talkin' 4 days at least.) meantime we're talking twitches, tremors, and vision problems (can't focus, looks fuzzy, squint a lot) those are the ones I can't live with. Has anyone heard of this? It sounds wacky to me. Help!!!
>

Hi,

Vision problems are a bit of a worry as it maybe some kind of Glaucoma. Is it in both eyes or just one? Are both pupils evenly dialated? If you feel the problem is in your brain I wouldn't worry about it, just wait it out until you see the doctor. If you feel it's actually your eye I would be tempted to abandon Effexor & go to an ER and get some advice & some Prozac to help with Effexor withdrawl symptoms.

Cheers,
Panda.



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