Posted by michelle a. on December 30, 2001, at 20:54:51
In reply to Re: im trying to quit, im losing my mind » GJ, posted by Lorraine on December 26, 2001, at 19:35:39
this is my first time posting, but not my first time reading this thread. i wanted to comment about effexor.
i first tried effexor back in the spring. i had been on paxil but the sexual side effects made me even more depressed!!! no desire whatsover. so i heard about effexor and wanted to try it. i went to my GP (mistake because all she knew about effexor is what the company that makes it supplied to her, and i'm pretty sure that i read somewhere that the company knew about these damned side effects but didn't really put it out there for all to know) and she put me on it.
it seemed to go alright but let me tell you...first time i forgot a dose for a few days, forget it! felt like crap!! and i had forwarned myself about this by reading this thread before i even started taking it!! I felt so achy and sick and so dizzy, like i was falling and getting that anxious rush right before...
anyway, kept on it, (150 mg of the xr) but the sexual side effects were almost as bothersome as the paxil. I told my doctor so she gave me wellbutrin 150mg in the am. helped, but not enough. so i suggested that i stop the effexor and just continue on with the wellbutrin. well, it's been over a month now and i'm just starting not to feel like i'm falling all the time. and i weaned off of it. it's been about 2 weeks since my last 37.5 and i've been VERY depressed and dizzy. like i said, the dizziness is finally STARTING to going away but i'm so depressed. and i also noticed that my memory is shot!! i hope i get it back soon. hopefully this dispair will lessen, too. and, by the way, i'm now on wellbutrin 2x day. and the depression is still there, full force, i think because of lack of effexor in my system. so hopefully when my body quits this dependance on effexor, the wellbutrin will work better. so that's my story about effexor. i have to say i think it's rather evil. but i'm glad for anybody that it's helped. happy new year to all.
poster:michelle a.
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