Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 331672

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Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by thinkfast on April 2, 2004, at 6:02:03

Hey guys! Fianlly saw the new Pdoc last week. She put me on effexor, which was going to be my reccomendation anyway. 37.5 to start, and then to 75mg after a week along with 45mg of Remeron. This is the usual start-up I guess? My main question is about the amount of time before you noticed any difference in ur symptoms? I can feel the norepinephrine for sure! Phew..It's nice to feel alive again. I've been getting these rushes all day, especially when I smoke...guess it's the DA or NE effect. It reminds me of adderall. This aspect works fairly well for social anxiety, and I hope it gets even better. The fear of social interaction has gone down a lot just in a few days. So, what can I expect over the next couple of weeks?

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please » thinkfast

Posted by Sad Panda on April 2, 2004, at 12:28:21

In reply to Effexor....new user...experiences please, posted by thinkfast on April 2, 2004, at 6:02:03

> Hey guys! Fianlly saw the new Pdoc last week. She put me on effexor, which was going to be my reccomendation anyway. 37.5 to start, and then to 75mg after a week along with 45mg of Remeron. This is the usual start-up I guess? My main question is about the amount of time before you noticed any difference in ur symptoms? I can feel the norepinephrine for sure! Phew..It's nice to feel alive again. I've been getting these rushes all day, especially when I smoke...guess it's the DA or NE effect. It reminds me of adderall. This aspect works fairly well for social anxiety, and I hope it gets even better. The fear of social interaction has gone down a lot just in a few days. So, what can I expect over the next couple of weeks?
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Hi,

I had an instant effect from Effexor. I am currently on 300mg + 30mg of Remeron. I'm pretty happy with this combination as Remeron seems to take care of Effexors side effects.

Cheers,
Panda.


 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by Camille Dumont on April 3, 2004, at 17:45:32

In reply to Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please » thinkfast, posted by Sad Panda on April 2, 2004, at 12:28:21

Hi, it took quite a while before I noticed anything with Effexor ... nothing significantly better until I reached 225mg. Up to 300 now + 20 Celexa ... seems to be doing a good job as an augmenting agent.

The side effects were quite tolerable too ... they only bothered me for like 2 weeks or so.

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by ku4ns on April 4, 2004, at 16:19:42

In reply to Effexor....new user...experiences please, posted by thinkfast on April 2, 2004, at 6:02:03

I'm at the point of tryiny to stop. The effexor worked well for me, but is difficult to stop. My dosage was 37.5, 75mg, 150mg and then back down and nearly a year out since I began. The problems I experienced took a couple of months to fully resolve. Good luck.

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by Sad Panda on April 6, 2004, at 14:13:48

In reply to Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please » thinkfast, posted by Sad Panda on April 2, 2004, at 12:28:21

> > Hey guys! Fianlly saw the new Pdoc last week. She put me on effexor, which was going to be my reccomendation anyway. 37.5 to start, and then to 75mg after a week along with 45mg of Remeron. This is the usual start-up I guess? My main question is about the amount of time before you noticed any difference in ur symptoms? I can feel the norepinephrine for sure! Phew..It's nice to feel alive again. I've been getting these rushes all day, especially when I smoke...guess it's the DA or NE effect. It reminds me of adderall. This aspect works fairly well for social anxiety, and I hope it gets even better. The fear of social interaction has gone down a lot just in a few days. So, what can I expect over the next couple of weeks?
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> Hi,
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> I had an instant effect from Effexor. I am currently on 300mg + 30mg of Remeron. I'm pretty happy with this combination as Remeron seems to take care of Effexors side effects.
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> Cheers,
> Panda.
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I am actually becoming unhappy with Effexor. Seems I can't handle 300mg. :(

Went from 225 to 300 4 weeks ago.
Week1: I take Valium to subdue increased anxiety.
Week2: No Valium, feel energetic.
Week3: Have a head cold.
Week4: My short term memory is failing me & I am making silly mistakes.

I think I will got back to 225mg.

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by rainyday on April 7, 2004, at 8:29:30

In reply to Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please, posted by Camille Dumont on April 3, 2004, at 17:45:32

I had pretty severe side effects from 75mg - excessive sweating, nausea, jumpiness. They subsided after 9 weeks or so. Then went to 150mg and my blood pressure shot up dangerously, so now I'm down again to 75mg and am ramping up on Wellbutrin. I am tolerating the WB much better and felt no ill effects from decreasing the effexor so far.

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by Sad Panda on April 7, 2004, at 10:07:43

In reply to Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please, posted by rainyday on April 7, 2004, at 8:29:30

> I had pretty severe side effects from 75mg - excessive sweating, nausea, jumpiness. They subsided after 9 weeks or so. Then went to 150mg and my blood pressure shot up dangerously, so now I'm down again to 75mg and am ramping up on Wellbutrin. I am tolerating the WB much better and felt no ill effects from decreasing the effexor so far.
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I saw my doc today, I've dropped back to 225mg. :/

Panda.

 

Re: Effexor....new user...experiences please

Posted by megmr2 on April 7, 2004, at 18:55:03

In reply to Effexor....new user...experiences please, posted by thinkfast on April 2, 2004, at 6:02:03

I've been on effexor xr for two months. I started with the week of 37.5 and went to 75mg. I had nausea, dizziness, sleepiness the first week and then adjusted well after that. The only side effects I notice are increased appetite, low sex drive and constipation. I went to the doc for panic attacks and depression and it has made a world of difference. I stopped having the bad attacks immediately, and now hardly feel any anxiety at all.


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