Posted by Tori on October 2, 2000, at 4:52:19
In reply to Scared to death, posted by Mare on September 30, 2000, at 19:13:00
Hi there,
Just my own personal experience, I was on Effexor XR (unknown dosage) last year and was on it for less than a week; massive insomnia and headaches that were brutal; plus it causes sexual dysfunction in a lot of people; HOWEVER, to some people it has been a wonder drug, and it may sure be for you. All drugs affect people differently, but if you can't handle the side effects it isn't worth it.
It's always scary to start a new medication and you are doing the right thing by researching it. rxlist.com is a good site; try going to ask.com and type in 'effexor' or 'what are the side effects of effexor' and it is an excellent search engine and may give you some helpful links. Also www.northernlight.com or altavista.com.
You could also try alt.support.depression.medicaiton but right now it's going through flame-city and you have to really build a huge killfile in order to filter out all of the crap; there are about three people who are just ruining the NG.
Also if you use a Mac Sherlock is AWESOME.
Never take to heart product monographs from the drug company; their statistics are usually incorrect (i.e. sexual dysfunction) - reading personal experiences like those on this board plus your own research will probably do wonders and answer all the questions you have.
I have gone through the whirlwind of every single SSRI and above imagineable so finally had to go back to parnate - treatment resistant. Hopefully this drug will work for you!
Good luck :-)
poster:Tori
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