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Re: Feeling dreamy and weird on Effexor

Posted by Caz on February 12, 2000, at 8:36:19

In reply to Re: Feeling dreamy and weird on Effexor, posted by Noa on February 12, 2000, at 8:21:09

> > Hi.
>
> No, for me, effexor has always been activating. But given your add, I am not surprised you would have the opposite effect from me. A lot of others have mentioned feeling sedated by it.
>
> How fast did you increase your dose? This might be an initial adjustment effect.
>
> BTW, are you on regular or xr?

My experience was that the tablet form made me feel kinda high and enervated within 2 hours of taking it but the capsule (slow release) made me yawn excessivly and feel drowsy in the afternoon if taken in the morning. I stuck with the slow release and took it late afternoon rather than morning and had no side effects other than raised blood pressure and weight gain.
It seems people have many different experiences with this drug. Also, I had to give up coffee and avoid pain killers containing codeine while I was on it since coffee made me kind of manic and codeine made me VERY sleepy and gave me nightmares.

*shrug*
Seems like an unpredictable drug. I'm curious about why it affects people in different ways.


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