Posted by not2late4u on January 23, 2005, at 2:29:08
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » eeyorena, posted by winddancer on January 23, 2005, at 1:28:25
HI, I am a bit afraid to express my opinion, but will because I dont know how to bablemail you my response and I want to help you.
My personal side effects while taking Effexor: for me, lack of motivation existed prior to taking it (was on paxil before and experienced it then too) brain zaps, experienced on both effexor and paxil. Weight gain on paxil, no gain on effexor, just nearly impossible to take it off. Seemed like the higher the dose the more muscle aches/weakness I had, but that could be from lack of magnesium and or my low thyroid, I dont know for sure but maybe a combination of both, but when I went from 150mg to 225mg, it seemed that my muscle weakness increased rapidly, but was it a result from being so lazy and out of shape from no motivation, I dont know! Migraines, especially when exercising or exerting myself. I dont think MY personal effexor side effects where horrible or unbearable, undesirable, yes, but for ME the good outweighed the bad. I am now tapering off because Im ready and I will have a better picture of what was side effects of effexor and what was my low thyroid and nutritional imbalances. I wont be back to this thread, so if you wish to talk to me further, feel free to bablemail me if you can figure it out :) Renee
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