Posted by girlie on July 26, 2001, at 15:34:46
In reply to Should I Give Up On Effexor, posted by DN on July 26, 2001, at 12:48:34
> I've been on effexor for at least 6 or 7 weeks. 4 or so of those weeks at 225mgs. I have seen little or no improvement. Is it time for me to throw in the towel. My underlying condition is GAD,OCD,Panic.
Here's what I wrote in another post to someone who's just starting Effexor XR. Hope this helps!
"Glad to help, if I can. It's been so long since I first started....let's see, I think it was about 3 weeks before I noticed small things, and 3-4 months before I noticed the big things. I think I was at 150mg at the time.
The thing is, I didn't wake up one day and say, WOW I feel better! I just DID (or DIDN'T do)things I would have before. I would realize, sometimes after the fact, that I hadn't thrown myself into an anxiety attack over something, that I just dealt with it when the time came. Not to say that I never worried, but it didn't control my life.
I remember my doctor telling me, when he prescribed the medicine, that if it was Monday and I had something going on on Thursday, I wouldn't worry about it every day until Thursday. I told him that he was crazier than I was if he thought that was going to happen to ME! But he was right!
It just came gradually and, like I said, I noticed some things after the fact. I did visit my parents (who live in another state) about a month after I went on Effexor. I think I was at 75mg at the time. I hadn't told them I was on the medication and, after the trip, my mom called to tell my that she and my dad were talking about how relaxed I was on the trip and what a great time they had with me. (I'd never been the kind of person to be described as "relaxed" before!) I told her about the medication then and she said, "stay on it, it works great!" LOL
Sorry so wordy, just want to help!
girlie "
poster:girlie
thread:71906
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010725/msgs/71923.html