Posted by afatchic on August 30, 2001, at 21:02:42
In reply to Re: New to Effexor XR, my side effects, anyone else?, posted by Rebecca C on August 29, 2001, at 23:56:24
My first couple of weeks on Effexor I experienced severe nausea and shaky feelings. I've been on the meds for 2 months now and I'm feeling fine. The nausea was so bad that I went to a store and drank Mylanta straight from the bottle in the aisle. Now, I don't even need to take it with food. I'm still not very hungry and I'm continuing to lose weight but for me that's a good thing :-) I find that Effexor works better for anxiety than any other AD.
> I'm on Effexor XR has anyone had problems with yawning alot on it?? and feeling shaky after a while?
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> > > I started out at 35mg, then after 4 pills, I moved up to 75mg. I have been taking my dose early in the morning and by 8pm, I can not stop yawning. Do I need my doc to up my dose? Some other side effects that I have been experiencing, after 10 days on Effexor are headaches, strange dreams (inludes waking up laughing my head off), first 5 days of everything I ate tasting like metal, and losing 5 lbs. in 2 weeks with no desire to eat still. Has anyone else experienced these side effects. Do they ever go away? Is it better to take my med at night or in the morning?
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> > Kara, I started at 37.5 mg/day, and am up to 375 mg/day. I've never had side effects except for occasional headaches (when I first started Effexor-XR) and occasional dizziness. Talk to your pdoc and ask if what you are experiencing are likely to be transitory side effects. Good luck to you! BTW, I take all the Effexor-XR in the morning, and actually have some trouble sleeping, rather than yawning and fatigue!
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