Posted by Floyd Umaguma on June 1, 2001, at 13:49:54
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
Hello. After taking Paxil for over a year, I found it had lost it's effectivness. I quit it cold turkey and had no withdrawl.
I went back to my doctor and asked him for something different. We decided on Effexor. I started on 75mg for 4 weeks and then switched to 150mg. Wow!!! This is how I wish I had felt for the past 36 years.
My mind used to drive me nuts. I felt people were always laughing at me, talking about me and looking at me. It was hard for me to go outside even to cut the lawn. Going to work was not much fun either. I ended up quiting my job just before i stopped taking Paxil. When my days off came, something stupid I did at work that nobody but me noticed would haunt me and i would worry about getting in shit on Monday. Of coarse I never did. Problems with my marriage, family and friends would haunted me in the same way. My mind never rested.
Not anymore. I am in a great mood all the time and have no bad thoughts anymore. I am less shy and more talkative than I have ever been.
The other day my 10 year old daughter said,"You have been the best Daddy lately." That alone proves to me that I am a better person because of Effexor. To me it is a wonder drug.
poster:Floyd Umaguma
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