Posted by roobie on July 14, 2004, at 5:19:21
In reply to New to Effexor/ not depression « Freedom Seeker, posted by Dr. Bob on July 13, 2004, at 23:10:47
Hi. I've had a positive experience so far switching from Paxil to Effexor and several folks in this forum provided helpful insight and differing experiences as well.
My Paxil dose was 20mg which I had been on for a few years. I got tired of feeling lazy, no 'O' at ALL and the extra 20 pounds bummed me out. My doc switched me to Effexor 37.5mg 2x daily(for some reason the pharmacy gave me XR to start with and the mail-order RX gave me 'regular'. Will be interesting to see what it's like without extended release.).
Anyway, the first couple days were very rough. I was VERY snippy and high-strung, similar to pre-Paxil. However, that did subside. I can tell you that unlike Paxil, I can feel emotions again and actually cry at appropriate situations instead of being 'numb'. I got a little giddy-up back and the more I try to exercise, the more energy I have (have not yet lost anything... but I have to focus on that) and I actually was able to 'O'... OOOOOOOOOH!! :)
There's a lot of great and helpful folks on this forum who I'm sure will provide you with their experiences to, as everyone is different.
Good luck!
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