Posted by sleepy lizard on October 1, 2002, at 22:41:41
In reply to Re: effexor xr please help me;sleepy lizard, posted by nmk on September 28, 2002, at 11:19:21
I hear you. Yes I had problems with no appetite, I lost a lot of weight. I was very hot all the time and had to sleep without a blanket. I had problems sleeping too, I stayed up to 3 am much of the time and got about 3 hours of sleep each night and then went to work and fell asleep ocassionally at my desk in the afternoon. I did not take anything to help these symptoms. I was so burned out on AD side effects I just decided to suffer through it. Yeah, it is hell! I even had hallucinations. I was speeded too and got agressive. I took Celexa, prior to Effexor, and it did not do much for me. Tapering off of both Celexa and Paxil I had nightmares. With the Effexor I also had shocks. I think the Effexor and Paxil were the worst side effects. In all cases I did not take anything else for the side effects when weaning. Probably the worst side effects of the withdrawal are the severe mood shifts, sobbing, depression, then anger. I found all the ADs caused me to be unstable emotionally. I hope you can get some sleep. Hang in there, 'cause it does get better. The Effexor withdrawal shocks lasted about a month.
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