Posted by moose100 on November 17, 2003, at 10:01:25
Hi all. I am new to this site and wanted to share my experience with Effexor XR. For most of my life I have suffered from overwhelming anxiety.I never talked about it with anyone and was usually able to divert my panic attacks to the wee hours of the morning/or when I was alone in the car where no one would notice. However, over the last few years, I became increasingly irritable and angry and it began to take its toll on me, my very understanding wife, my parents and my friends. Finally, an incident at work drove me over the edge(I'm an attorney) and I had an attack so traumatic that words cannot describe. My wife urged me to see my internist who prescribed Effexor(37.5mg.) That was 5 weeks ago and I am now taking 150mg. where I believe I will stay. The irritability, anger,nausea, and anxiety are gone. I noticed an improvement in two weeks. Side effects? I developed frequent cold sweats. From the sweat drying on my face I developed acne. Thankfully the acne is gone. The sweats remain. I have noticed some urinary retention but nothing painful or alarming. There have been some sexual side effects such as diminished desire-delayed O. Again, nothing that I can't get used to. Anyway, sorry to ramble on but Effexor seems to have done the trick in my case. My best to you all.
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