Posted by green hornet on March 3, 2004, at 7:32:03
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » Clayton, posted by Doctor Feel Good on March 3, 2004, at 1:39:27
I guess that I was an "Effxor success" That is if you count feeling like a zombie, moving around in an unemotional fog with no affect a success. Oh yes, I also gained 50lbs in less than a year. It seemed that every time I got on the scale I had gone up another notch.!!
The good news is, after over two years on the stuff, (at 400+mgm) I was able to get off of it without problems. However, my theory is,if you can come off an antidepressant without some kind of withdrawal symptoms, the stuff probably was not working anyway. Trust me on this one. Since I was first hospitalized and diagnosed in 1984 I have taken no fewer than eleven antidepressants and about that many "other" medications(ie Benzos, Stelazine, Xyprexa, Topamax, Seroquel, Clozeril, Mellaril,Imipramine blah, blah blah) just to name a few. Some worked for awhile, some did not.
Good luck what ever --- I guess that it is just such an individual thing, GH
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