Posted by sleepy lizard on November 15, 2002, at 7:31:23
In reply to Re: Effexor - Side Effects Info-Sleepy, posted by lucky on November 13, 2002, at 1:33:37
> Did you have any side effects when you started or while you were taking effexor?
>
> I had some minor side effects when i started, but it stopped after a couple of weeks. I started in Sept and am on 150mg a day.Yes, I had some side effects when I started and during taking of Effexor XR. I continued to get the sexual side effects of delayed orgasm that I had from previous medications and eventually anorgasmia. It was stimulating so I accomplished more, and lost my desire to eat. I run 2 miles a day, so I need to eat, and was loosing weight. I was also very hot and had to sleep without covers sometimes. My skin became numb and my anxiety increased, and I had increased reflexes and some tremors. To overcome side effects we had added wellbutrin (after two months on Effexor, I was at 150 mg o.d.). Many of the side effects increased after adding Wellbutrin SR. After talking with my doctor, it seems that it increased my norepinephrine too much. I stopped taking the effexor Sept. 3, 2002 and the Wellbutrin Sept. 4, 2002 due to the side effects. (I am now taking Remeron.)
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