Posted by legallybrunette on October 2, 2002, at 9:39:48
In reply to Re: I hate Effexor, be careful with it, posted by LISABECK on January 2, 2001, at 23:43:18
i've only been on e-xr (37.5) for 3 days now, have
already experienced some scary side-effects &
don't know if i should continue.
can someone give me some input on this?last night as i watched tv, every muscle in my body
started to tense and twitch. i knew it was the
effexor settling in, so i just let it happen, w/o
too much panic.
but then when i got up - and the only way i can
describe this is when i had a horrible acid trip
(sorry folks) when i was a teenager - my mind
was completely disassociated from my body and all
my movements were in 'a tunnel' and in extreme slo-
mo. my heart was racing and i thought for SURE i
was going crazy. this lasted for about 2 hours.when i was able to function again, the only
solution for me was to go down to my
basement gym and do some extreme working out - part
of me thought i may have been having an anxiety
attack (but doubtful)and that it was best to keep
moving & not focus on the sensations.eventually it passed, but i'm really wary about
continuing on w/ the meds. i was so 'grateful' for
waking up feeling 'normal' this morning, i'm afraid
to lose that again if i pop another pill!has anyone experienced this particular kind of s.
effect? if so what did you do?
do s.effects tend to repeat themselves, or could
this just've been a 1-shot deal?i really need to get myself out of this stupid pit
of depression & i'd hate to quit now, but if this
would considered a 'major' side-effect, i'd rather
stop. anyway, any help would be appreciated!
poster:legallybrunette
thread:13781
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020930/msgs/121939.html