Posted by theo on July 4, 2004, at 7:56:04
In reply to Effexor Anxiety, posted by BennyJ on July 3, 2004, at 12:20:46
To answer your question about the Effexor, yes, it increased my anxiety so bad I was scared to go to social events (social gatherings, church) and I was taking it to lessen that anxiety. I gave it 8 weeks at a theraputic dose and threw in the towel after that.
The only med that truly worked for anxiety in the SNRI/SSRI class was Paxil, but had to discontinue because I lost the ability to have sex, I'm male, which isn't so bad if you're not in a relationship but I was at the time.
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