Posted by quilter on February 11, 2001, at 21:47:38
In reply to February is Effexor month at PBabble, posted by danf on February 4, 2001, at 7:17:04
> Dx effexor taken for ?>Major, major, major depression (recurrent, treatment resistant)
> did you like it or not, why ?
> Still taking it...> which version effexor or effexor XR
> Began with regular, now take XR.> how it helped or did not, time of day taken
> Take it A.m. and Bedtime. It helps but did not come close to taking care of the whole problem.> side effects starting & what helped
> Insomnia, jitters, restlessness were helped by Ativan and Ambien. Taste perversion is dose related. sweating was helped by switching to XR but is still a problem.> side effects on the med & what helped
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> side effects stopping & what helped
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> time on med ( days, weeks, months, etc)
> Started it in 1997, needed several dosage increases. Now at 375mg. Pdoc says may need to go higher.> if you took other meds & discontinued them before effexor, if so why ?
> I've taken nearly every med currently on the market for depression. Either no results, really intolerable side effects or, most often, poop out.> if you have stopped effexor ? why ?
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> any other info or anything that happened to you on effexor or that you know about effexor.
> My daughter had serious problems with anorexia on this drug. Adding Remeron helped her get her weight up to a safe level.
> I'm having real problems with halting speech, concentration, word finding and short term memory. Multiple drug regimen makes it hard to say how much is due to Effexor. It worsened after a recent increase in my Celexa dose.> sexual side effects ? what did you do /take that helped, & just as important did not help ? did these last ? time, etc ?
> What is sex? I'm not sure I remember.> vision changes ?
> yes, but may have multiple causes: meds, glaucoma, age (47)> If there are things you do not want posted on the BB, you can email them to me.
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