Posted by flyingdreams on March 29, 2004, at 14:40:41
In reply to waiting for meds to work, so sad, posted by Dauphine on March 29, 2004, at 13:55:34
It takes a minimum of 6 wks and your dr should have told you that. You wont feel a real difference, it's not a happy pill. You'll only feel a slight difference. Effexor is not a good choice for your first anti-depressant. There are far better drugs that have less side effects and less serious withdrawals when you get off them. I'd only try effexor if others didn't work. See this for info:
http://www.petitiononline.com/effexor/
If you don't want to be a drag, that's not serious enough depression to be poisening yourself with ssri's. You need to find out why you are down and fix that part of your life. One should only go on these drugs if they can't get out of bed - that bad of a depression.
Good Luck,
Wendy
11 weeks off Effexor and still having withdrawals.
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