Posted by dancingstar on January 7, 2005, at 10:53:12
In reply to Re: *More Effexor Problems* to be continued........, posted by xxNightOwl28 on January 7, 2005, at 6:08:54
I am taking thyroid, but I was still really tired until after I stopped taking Effexor.
Now I'm honestly not tired. Admittedly, I've been doing a lot of research on what venlafaxine (Effexor) does to us since I stopped taking it in Sept. and have been up half the night working on this stuff. I couldn't have done that before. A chemist that I know just wrote me an email that said, "Don't you sleep?" Kind of funny, really. I almost never even drink coffee anymore unless I'm cold. Until recently all I did was sleep. I slept for three years straight.
You can check for any symptoms that you have that Wyeth will admit to at www.wyeth.com. Beyond that, no, I have no evidence, but as Kara said a lot of women seem to develop thyroid problems.
There is also research to show a strong link between thyroid and depression; so it is worth having your doctor run a blood test to check your TSH levels. If it is above 3, that could be contributing to your tiredness even though that was considered "normal" until recently. Today's thought is to keep it at 3 or under without going so low as to damage bone density. Just a thought, but it might be worth checking if you are tired.
And like I said, my fatigue was every bit as bad on 120 mg of Armour thyroid until I stopped taking Effexor. Now it's completely gone.
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