Posted by med_empowered on January 30, 2005, at 23:34:30
In reply to Long Term Side Effects--Effexor, posted by AmyN on January 30, 2005, at 5:50:53
To me, your problems sounds like you could either have akathisia (more common with anti-psychotics, but it does pop up now and then with anti-depressants) or possibly a mildly hypomanic reaction. Either way, I'd recommend a new antidepressant, as soon as possible. Effexor washout certainly isn't fun, but neither is akathisia. Personally, I've found cymbalta to be effexor-like (and kind of tricyclic-like) without as many side-effects...other people find combos, like lexapro and wellbutrin, do the trick as well.
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