Posted by Napaba on May 7, 2003, at 8:45:02
In reply to Re: Please provide website, posted by jtc on May 6, 2003, at 21:01:05
Good luck getting your daughter off Effexor.
How long has she been on it? How long were you taking EXR?
Sorry about all the questions. I really want as much invformation as I can find about EXR and it's side effects (short and long term), depression, and anxiety.
My son is also one of those anxious kids. He's 15 and has always been a worrier. After researching natural remedies he has started taking St. Johns Wart and a couple other natural vitamins. I'm hoping it will help him. Also like your daughter he's very smart. He's a straight A student and takes all advanced and accelerated classes. I've read anxiety is a trait that goes hand in hand with the smart over-achiver type personalities. Are you a single parent and is your daughter a first born? I’ve read those kids have more anxiety then other children. The son I’m referring to, is my eldest and I’m also an oldest child.Hi, in response to your question of tapering from 150 to 75. I did the same thing and it wasn't bad. I took 75 for about 2 months then went to 37.5 every other day for about 2 weeks and then just stopped alltogether. At first I had dizziness and feelings of unreality. I am now off of Effexor for about six weeks. Thank the Lord I got off of it. Now I need to get my eight year old daughter off of it. I hope she does alright. I will never forgive myself if she doesn't. She is taking it for anxiety. She also just started Adderall. I have been told by her psychologist that she does not have ADD, that she is just very anxious for her age. She is actually very intelligent but her teachers say she cannot concentrate on her school work so her psychiatrist and I decided to give Adderall a try. Does anyone know anything about it? I am afraid she is going to get more anxious and nervous on Adderall because it is a stimulant. I just want her to have a good quality of life and her anxiety is affecting her functioning greatly. May God help us. Take care, jc
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> Please provide the name of the web site you got your information from. Sense starting EXR my cycle has been totally messed up. Before EXR, it was every 28 days, three days long. I've also had feelings in my breast that remind me of when I was breast feeding. Did you have a lot of hot flashes while on EXR?
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> > I've started cycling down on my dose of EXR. Today was my first day at 75 instead of 150. Can anyone say if this is too large a reduction at one time? I don't see my doctor for another month. I have a script for 75 and 150, so I thought I'd start getting off it now.
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> > Hi Angel,
> > > I'm glad you're doing good on effexor. Just keep an eye on your female functions. Mine were the picture perfect, book example until I started on effexor. 2-1/2 years ago after I started taking EXR, my cycle started varing, then got to the point that I would have them for 2 weeks (heavy), off a week then get it for 2 weeks, off a week, etc. At 40 I thought I was too young for menopause but my family Dr. said I was starting peri-men. Went to my gyno and he said it could be possible but I should get a DNC. This worked for about 6 mo. but my cycle was still off-kilter (not heavy and lasted 5 days). Then the heavy came back and went into 6 weeks straight, Only to make an emergency appt. with my gyno. Guess what! I had a tumor (cyst) the size of a 6 mo pregnancy! It's been 8 weeks since my hysto. now and after reading the side effects on a website that was referred to from this site, I down loaded it 'pdf' format to take to my lawyer.
> > > Adverse effects (just to name a few)
> > > "Urogenital system - Frequent: metrorrhagia,* prostatitis,* urination impaired, vaginitis*; Infrequent: albuminuria,
> > > amenorrhea,* cystitis, dysuria, hematuria, female lactation,* leukorrhea,* menorrhagia,* nocturia, bladder pain,
> > > breast pain, polyuria, pyuria, urinary incontinence, urinary retention, urinary urgency, vaginal hemorrhage*; Rare:
> > > abortion,* anuria, breast engorgement, breast enlargement, fibrocystic breast, calcium crystalluria, cervicitis,*
> > > ovarian cyst,* prolonged erection,* gynecomastia (male),* hypomenorrhea,* kidney calculus, kidney pain, kidney
> > > function abnormal, mastitis, menopause,* pyelonephritis, oliguria, salpingitis,* urolithiasis, uterine hemorrhage,*
> > > uterine spasm.*
> > > *Based on the number of men and women as appropriate."
> > > Jusy be careful and really take an interest in your health while you're on this.
> > > I hope it works for you...
> > > God Bless,
> > > Maureen
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