How is it going for you? I feel okay on it. I just need to quit sleeping in the daytime. It has been better for me than other meds.
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It’s the only antidepressant that works for me. I stupidly got off it years ago so it took way more to work when I came back to it. It gave me bad ibs symptoms when on big doses but I’ve since come down to like 150 mgs and it is a lot better. It’s been a lifesaver for me.
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I had horrible experience from effexor. It can be hard to quit that drug.
It worsened my panic-attacks and depression. I was on it for years and it also made me unempathetic and indifferent. It was a very hard drug to quit with lots of withdrawal symptoms.
It works for some but not for me.
I’m on paxil now. It helps a little with depression but not panic attacks.
My friend used effexor for a couple of years and he didn’t notice any side -effects nor withdrawal symptoms.
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Effexor had no effect on me. I didn’t have trouble getting off. It didn’t cause excessive hunger in me. Medicine has really made me hungry, insatiable, but mostly zyprexa, paxil, and prolixen. I’m currently on lybalvi and I don’t have hunger issues, seems I got a break after three decades of hunger! Lybalvi is zyprexa and an appetite suppressant.
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I take 300 mg of Effexor, and i’ve found it to be wonderful for my depression. I have basically no side effects apart from keeping me up at night. Thankfully the ap’s help put me to sleep so it kind of counteracts the Effexor.
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I’m on 75mg. I like it so far and it works well for me.
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I had the same experience as @speedy.
I was put on it, because I was sad and frightened over a sad and frightening situation. I got weirdly indifferent on it. My MH worker blamed that on me being an insensitive person by nature…which is nonsense…because I was alway sensitive, and am again now.
Withdrawals were horrible. My mood was allover the place, as I did not experience before. And I got psychotic from that. Which was also not connected to the med.
I know others are helped. But I was harmed.
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Sorry to hear that hugs. I guess it goes some folks can tolerate effexor meds being different with everyone.clozapine was the worst for me in antipsychs. I mean literally I could not stop passing out.
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I’m on clozapine…it was ONLY med to finally stop my positive symptoms
But it’s caused other unwanted side effects now and I’m slowly decreasing dose.
This med really made you pass out? I feel like passing out sometimes, but never do thankfully
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Yeah. It scared me. I hope it doesn’t do that to you.
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I take it and it’s great for social and general anxiety, no side effects as far as i know.
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