Has anyone had experience taking Efexor?!
Question: Has anyone had experience taking Efexor!?
I've been on 75mg/day since july 2007!. doctor wants to keep my on it until september of this year!. i am on it for PPD and anxiety!. i feel 100% better but she says that it's best if i'm on it for atleast a year just to cut out any chances of a fall back into depression!. just wondering if anyone has any experience with efexor!?did it help you!? was it hard to come off it!? how long were you on it!? has anyone been on it for PPD and/or anxiety!?
did you ever feel weird!.!.like people treated you different!. i think even doctors in the emerg room treat me different after they know!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
did you ever feel weird!.!.like people treated you different!. i think even doctors in the emerg room treat me different after they know!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I have been on Effexor for two years I have PTSD DID (multiple personality disorder), severe depression, and some OCD traits!. Yeah I am a mess LOL!. The effexor I am on is 150 mg and at one time I was on 300 mg!. I never have been treated differently that I noticed because I was on the effexor Ok I am a bit of a nut!. but they have always treated me well!. I never even had any bad feeling when I was in the drug store picking up my meds!. Depression is very common so people don't look down on those of us who are being treated with it!. I think doctors would actually be more concerned if you were not being treated and were depressed!. As far as coming off the effexor make sure that you are given the 37!.5 dose for a good peroid of time like 6 weeks because the withdrawl symptoms are terrible!. And Never I repeat Never go off of it cold turkey If your doctor suggests it tell him you want to get weaned off!. It is miserable stuff to go thru withdrawl from!. I only have to be 4 hours late on my dose and i start going into withdrawl and it is horrible!. The whole world goes haywire!. Ok that is with 150's and you may not have as much problem but why risk it!. I hope I was some help
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I used to be on Efexor!. I lost alot of weight on it!. I was on it for Major Depressive Disorder!. I was on it for about 5 years!. When they took me off of it, they immediately put me on something else!. The only thing I noticed was weight gain!.I think for my first antidepressant it was just right!.
OK I want to tell you something, Many medical doctors, even in the ER and other people in the community too, if they somehow find out your diagnosis or your medications, they expect you to be crazy, or cause problems, like they have to treat you with kids gloves, or they go the other way because many people do not believe in mental illness, and they try to get you worked up to prove your just like everybody else and its not randomly in your brain!. Mental Health Advocacy is very important to people like this!. Keep your cool, and explain that while you have some problems, or take such and such medicine, you are still a person and their patient!Www@Answer-Health@Com
OK I want to tell you something, Many medical doctors, even in the ER and other people in the community too, if they somehow find out your diagnosis or your medications, they expect you to be crazy, or cause problems, like they have to treat you with kids gloves, or they go the other way because many people do not believe in mental illness, and they try to get you worked up to prove your just like everybody else and its not randomly in your brain!. Mental Health Advocacy is very important to people like this!. Keep your cool, and explain that while you have some problems, or take such and such medicine, you are still a person and their patient!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I was on it for about 6 months, but I had severe mood swings on it and my doctor took me off of it!. I was a little sick for the first couple days coming off of it, but nothing major!. I went right onto Wellbutrin which has worked wonders for me, very few side effects!. And I know what you mean about doctors treating you differently, I get the same thing, but hey at least you have some help, who cares what others think!. And when your doctor does finally take you off of it, ask to be slowly taken off it a little at a time, it should reduce most side effects for you!. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i'm taking it now it's really workingWww@Answer-Health@Com
I was on it for a couple of years for bad panic attacks that lasted hours!.!.!. It helped and reduced the amount of panic attacks I got and the length I had them for!.!.!. Before on Effexor I had them for hours, and then it was minutes!.!.!.!. I got off of it when I was 16, and I'm 20 now!.!.!. I get occasional panic attacks but I learned to control them so they don't last long and they don't come back!.!.!.!. I have them once every 6 months or so!.!.!.!. Effexor worked great for me!.!.!. My doctor wanted to do the same thing, but I requested to stay on it because I didn't have any more panic attacks, but I finally gave it a shot, and it was great!.!.!. It really helps with anxiety!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com