Posted by Lyrical13 on December 21, 2003, at 21:48:55
In reply to Re: Effexor, think twice!!!!, posted by harryartin on November 15, 2002, at 4:56:55
Actually this is re: effectiveness of Effexor XR. There are about a jillion posts about this med. I couldn't get to the bottom of the list to respond!
I started on Effexor XR about a year ago after trying several different SSRIs. It has been incredibly helpful for me with very few side effects. Very thirsty, sweat a lot and that's about it. My sex drive is way down but I'm still trying to figure out if that is from the med or from the depression. Lately I'm having some memory and word-finding problems but I think that's probably from teh Seroquel since it's been very noticable since then. I feel better than I've ever felt. About 4 months after starting Effexor I went into a hypomanic state...this could be caused by Effexor. However, I'm realizing now (hindsight=20/20) that I have had several hypomanic episodes over the years so I think it's more me than the med.
Lyrical13
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