Posted by Chrispy_85 on October 12, 2005, at 9:32:07
Hey everyone,
For me, this is basically just to see if there are a lot of others that take effexor and have similar feelings(or lack there of) as I do.
I've got a doctor's appointment later on in the day, and I just don't know if I should asked to be switched to something else or not. Basically, in the beginning, my doctor told me that Effexor XR is very commonly used to treat depression and GAD. He said that it has a very high success rate and that usually, the side effects are minimal. So I thought sure, sign me up. I started off on 37.5mg, and have now increased to 150mg over the past month and a bit. I didn't notice many chages at first, but now I just feel like nothing. Nothing ever seems to bother me even in the slightest, I never get sad or cry, I never genuinely feel happy or even mildly content. But for whatever reason(Most likely the pills), none of this seems to bother me at all, and I'm really trying to think if it's a good thing or not. But it's really difficult to make that judgement when I can't think clearly anymore. I just feel like I'm not me anymore. I truely do not know what to do. I am always restless during the night now as well, so I take Apo-Lorazepam to just get a good night's sleep now. I guess what it all boils down to is that I feel no sense of individualism. I'm just some drone destined for absolutely nothing and I don't feel anything anymore so I just don't seem to care. Seems like a pretty viscious cycle to me. Does everybody else on this drug share these things at all? I just need to know that I haven't lost my mind.
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