Posted by Jeannine on June 7, 2001, at 18:25:27
In reply to Re: EFFEROX XR YES!!!, posted by teachermom on June 7, 2001, at 7:30:53
Thank you, thank you, for posting such encouraging stories. I'm now on day 7 at 37.5mg, scheduled to increase to 75 mg tomorrow, and wondering what that will do to me. It helps so much to know that what I'm experiencing isn't unusual and that it really does work -- not for all people, no medication *will* work for everyone, but for a number of folks out there.
I'd just like to say a word about those who are so angry with the drug companies for not having developed the perfect antidepressant yet. I've struggled with this disorder for nearly 20 years now, at varying degrees of severity (and am just finally accepting that my "laziness" isn't an innate characcter flaw < grin >). Depression runs in my family also; both my mother and my daughter suffer from it as well. Would I rather be where my daughter is, in remission and currently off medication because we recognized the problem and got appropriate medical treatment right away? And probably able to look forward in her lifetime to the development of medications or some other form of treaatment that will actually solve the problem? You betcha. But I also try to remind myself that the medications available now, crude as they can sometimes be, didn't even exist when my mother was my age -- I'd definitely rather be where I am than where she was!
> > Efferox XR, YES!!! It has helped me!!! After taking Zoloft with side effects and then Prozac, yet more side effects with muscle spasms, it was Efferox XR that helped with no side effects. Struggling with depression is no fun for yourself or your family. After a year of feeling out of touch with myself and out of control, I went to my doctor. The results are wonderful with the help of counseling. The hell I put my children and husband thru. I am currently up to twice a day taking Efforox XR with fantastic results. That's 150 mg. 75mg. each time. I was having a mid day crash, as I call it. Crying and feeling useless is not fun. Now I am smiling and laughing again with slight bouts of crying, etc. What great news!!!! I am still in couseling and probably will be for a while, which is fine with me along with med help. At least now, I can get through the day. I still have trouble sleeping nights, but with Ambien, I now have a night with sleep and not waking to my mind wondering.... Feel free to comment. Good luck with all!!
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> Voski, I just read your post and I am sooo glad to hear that you are having good results. I have been reading these post for about 4months now and actually, some of them realy scare me. I'm sure glad that I didn't read these before I started taking effexor. Effexor has saved my life. I have been depressed for about 6 years now. This is something that all the women in my family have suffered from for a very long time. I tried to deny it and say it was an excuse for being lazy. i know now that it is not. I had the side effect at first, but my mother talked me into "hanging" with it. I did and now up tp 150. I am very happy with this. My life is sooo different. I know that I may have to increase my dose in time, but that is okay with me. I also have epilepsy, so there is even more stress in my life with that. Thanks again for your encouraging post.
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