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Re: Anyone taking effexor

Posted by RFM on May 3, 2006, at 10:37:34

In reply to Re: new to effexor have some ?s (sorry long post), posted by rainyday on February 9, 2004, at 7:21:39

I am not new to AD's! As a nurse I passed them out for 15 years! None of them worked for me, I had horrible headaches on all.

Ive been on effexor for about 5 weeks. The initial dose did nothing. Then the first day of taking the higher dose 75's I felt like "ok life is good again. I was fine ( shakey though) and happy which is what I needed. About a week ago I felt like i wanted to die again! Spend a few days back in bed and decided it was time to call the Doc. Called the doc, and asked for a small increase due to what i thought was just me being hypersensitive to the medication. He wanted to increase my dose 100%. Being a medical prof. (not a doctor a nurse) myself i asked him(pleaded) to only increase by 37.5 just so that i could see how i felt. He insisted i take 75 more and assured me that some of his patients take 400mg a day! i HAPPEND TO HAVE EXTRA 37.5'S AND ONLY INCREASED BY THAT AMOUNT! I KNOW MY BODY BETTER THAN HE DOES! MY THOUGHTS...............INSIST THAT YOUR DOCTOR TREATS YOU INDIVIDUALLY. IF YOUR HAVING A PROBLEM (EVEN IF HE SAYS HE'S NEVER HEARD OF IT) INSIST AND BE PERSISTANT-WERE ALL DIFFERENT WHAT WORKS FOR ONE MAY NOT WORK FOR THE OTHER. EFFEXOR HAS SAVED MY LIFE FOR NOW. BUT IM VERY SHAKEY, I HOWEVER HAVE XANAX FOR PANIC AND IT DOES HELP WITH THE SHAKINESS. BUT AS FOR ONLY INCREASING MY DOSE BY 37.5MG I WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF MY HEAD AND BUZZED UP. I TOOK IT AT 7AM AND HAD TO TAKE 1.5 XANAX TO SLEEP AND STILL WOKE UP ALL NIGHT. I HAVE AN APPT TODAY AND I CALLED AND LET THE OFFICE KNOW THAT I NEEDED MORE THAN A 15 MIN. APPT WITH THE DOC. I AM GOING TO REMIND HIM POLITELY-TO PLEASE TREAT ME LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL. AND LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING. THE EFFEXOR INCREASE OF ONLY 37.5 HAD ME COMPLETELY WIRED WAY INTO THE NIGHT. YOU NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH AND INSIST ON INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT. UNLESS YOUR A MED. PROF. OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS.... YOUR ON YOUR OWN. YOU ARE THE ONLY VOICE YOU HAVE. IF SOMETHING DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT LET HIM/HER KNOW AND BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE. IF THEY DONT LISTEN FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL AND ON YOUR FIRST VISIT LET THE DOC KNOW THAT YOUR BASICALLY INTERVIEWING THEM. THERE ARE SOME THAT WILL LISTEN. LET EM KNOW ON YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT THAT YOUR LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR THAT WILL LISTEN TO YOUR NEEDS! IF THEY BUCK AT YOU-RIGHT THEN AND THERE YOU KNOW. IT MAY TAKE YOU A LITTLE TIME, BUT ARE YOUR NOT WORTH IT. IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN. I AM NOT SAYING TO DO WHAT I DID, OR TO ADJUST YOUR MEDS. THATS JUST WHAT I DID. BECAUSE I KNNNOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW MMMMYYYY BBBOOOODDDDYYYYY! HE DOES NOT! SPEAK UUP FOR YOURSELVES!


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