Posted by Zellie on January 11, 2004, at 21:27:52
In reply to Re: Am I the only one here that likes Effexor?, posted by kattay on January 11, 2004, at 20:02:13
I am curious about the dosage you are at. When I first went on Effexor, I felt more depressed than ever. I then realized that, since the drug seemed to be working on the anxiety first, I wound up feeling the depression more. The anxiety had actually served to prod me through the depression. Since the anxiety was reduced first, the depression ruled. Once I got up to 150 mg, the depression became well under control, too.
I still feel PMS for a week a month, however (which I certainly can live with, since I previously had felt that every day of my life I was horribly depressed).
I am currently a part of a study on light therapy, which is known to help with people who have depression and PMS. I found that, last week when I normally would have felt the PMS, I did not. I had a very, very productive week (it is far from that when I feel any amount of depression). Although the purpose of the study I am a part of is to determine whether those with ADHD can benefit from light therapy (I have ADHD, too), I felt like it would be nice to see whether it helped with my PMS as well. I believe it did.
Light boxes (providing anywhere from about 5x-10x the power of the sun's light) are used for 20-30 minutes daily, to expose the retina to the rays. It was first used to help people overcome the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
These boxes are available commercially, also, now. Perhaps Light Therapy might benefit your PMS symptoms????
Kindest regards,
Zellie> has effexor xr ever give anyone bouts of rage and or major depression? For the women: I can't tell if it's my pms or the med. I get these bouts of being so upset. I can't stop crying. I could blame it on pms cuz that time is coming up but i'm just not sure.
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