Posted by zinya on June 1, 2003, at 23:08:42
In reply to Re: new to effexor, and I have questions » jtc, posted by Mercedes on May 29, 2003, at 15:11:56
Thanks for posting this, Mercedes! This is inspiring to read... I confess it's been a looong time since i've felt that spontaneous joy-in-the-eyes thing... at least not by the criteria of what i've known in the past in my good years or months or days or hours...
I'm curious whether you started to get the "finally happy" feelings prior to getting to the 300 mg level. And one of my curiosities is that when i first started checking this site in Dec. i read someone who said that the 2nd-system effects of Effexor (on the adrenal system) don't start kicking in until -- I think he said -- 150 mg and higher. And that until that point it's only the SSRI effects that are experienced. My guess is that this varies by person like everything else. But i'm wondering if you would associate your levels of greater joy and zest at the 300 mg levels with a sense of increased "adrenalin" ??
That's what has been most missing for me for so long - dating back to 1987 or even 1985 (with some 'remissions' for some years since then)... and, to respond to the poster who asked about chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, i've been diagnosed over the years with those as chronic myofascial pain syndrome ... each of which led to a prescription (sometimes an a-d) none of which worked. Whether what i'm dealing with now anymore in CFS or fibro, I'm kind of at the "who knows?" phase of fed-up with too many years of diagnoses that led to no results. And maybe it was depression all along. Who knows.
As posted just now, i'm starting 2nd week tonight and so far just not having intolerable side effects and some sense of 'lifting' even just a little... So i join the other seemingly all positive messages here tonight and wishing you all continued success too...
z.
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