Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 33486

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flashes, a little like vertigo, but minor

Posted by dotah on May 15, 2000, at 13:52:09

Lately I've been experiencing these wierd little flashes. They seem to come on randomly, but commonly three or four at a time. They're a little like the sensation of vertigo but don't include dizzyness. I geuss they're like tiny rushes, they deffinately have a visual (white light) component and a barely detectable auditory element. The physical sensation might be compared to falling, but only inside my head. I think I need to emphasize that, whatever this is, its minor -- really more annoying than anything else.

I'm a 40 year old male taking effexor 150mg/day.

Anybody have any idea what this is, or how to deal with it? Thanks in advance.

Re: flashes, a little like vertigo, but minor

Posted by Cindy W on May 16, 2000, at 0:28:06

In reply to flashes, a little like vertigo, but minor, posted by dotah on May 15, 2000, at 13:52:09

> Lately I've been experiencing these wierd little flashes. They seem to come on randomly, but commonly three or four at a time. They're a little like the sensation of vertigo but don't include dizzyness. I geuss they're like tiny rushes, they deffinately have a visual (white light) component and a barely detectable auditory element. The physical sensation might be compared to falling, but only inside my head. I think I need to emphasize that, whatever this is, its minor -- really more annoying than anything else.
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> I'm a 40 year old male taking effexor 150mg/day.
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> Anybody have any idea what this is, or how to deal with it? Thanks in advance.

Dotah, I take Effexor 375 mg/day, and used to get flashes of dizziness at lunch time, after taking the Effexor in two divided doses in the morning. Now I just take it all at once, and in my fifth month of taking it, they have disappeared.

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