Posted by muggins on March 11, 2004, at 1:06:58
In reply to Re: HELP ! started efexor » muggins, posted by Sad Panda on March 9, 2004, at 7:48:56
thanks for the advice....i managed to get hold of the doc after 2 days and she phoned thru a script for alzam (in the states you guys call it alprazolam......) is helping alot not to be so obsessive and my monster appetite (not really hungry just wanna pick all the time) is also gone down. i've read some of the threads about libido and hopefully that will also return. i was ok with 50mg Zoloft, but when i went up to 100mg...sex drive went out the window. didnt mind the actual sex, but multiple "o"'s were a thing of the past....actually orgasms were difficult. boyfriend quite a highly sexed guy so of course that caused some bitching on his side....which i completely understand.....another good reason to move off Zoloft. feel some light at the end of the4 tunnel now that I am taking alzam....i know that efexor works differently on everyones sex life, but its worth the move....if you.ve been on zoloft etc for 10 years , its difficukt to know what feels normal and what doesnt cos everytime i come off zoloft I go obsessive and loopy and perhaps that is the real me after all. would like to get off all of this....had to when i had my child and now I understand why i had a horrible pregnancy......no zoloft, no nothing.....thanks for the input, guys
> > ello, can anyone tell me if my symptoms are normal for efexor. i have been on zoloft for 10 years and have tried unsuccessfully about 7 times to come off....i usually go abit mad even if i wean off and go onto another med. i am now on my 6th day of efexor ONLY....no zoloft....the side effects sheet i received with efexor meds are rather broad...."nervousness"....ermmm....my mind is racing and i am feeling insecure, tearful, over sensitive. i fear i am going to ruin the greatest relationship i have ever been in by acting like pshycho chick. I dont mind the dry mouth, etc...just the nutty brain. i am changing meds in consultation with the psychartist (first few times seen her, usually only see GP and psychologist)i was on 100mg Zoloft and cut down to 50mg zoloft and 37.5mg efexor for 7 days. then stopped zoloft and increased to 75mg efexor.....the nutty side effects only seemed to occur once i had stopped the 50mg zoloft...i stopped zoloft because of the blunted/emotional constipation feeling....but now it feels as if the stuff that zoloft bottled up - its now all coming out all in one big go ! i just suffer from depression and dont get anxiety attacks etc....thanks a mil xxxxx
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> I get anxiety & hypomania when I increase my Effexor doseage, I use Valium to calm me down for a week or two until I get use to the new level of Effexor.
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