2006-07-24 10:54:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yeah, I was on it for awhile....it is an SSRI, so it killed my sex drive. I don't remember anything great or horrible about it (except the sex drive thing), but I asked my doctor about Wellbutrin which is supposed to be better on the sexual side effect front, but doesn't work on Serotonin like Effexor does. I probably need to go back on an SSRI....but just hate the above mentioned side effect.
2006-07-24 11:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Left Footed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a medicine that works for some, doesn't for others and can make a others feel worse than they ever did before but that applies to quite a few anti-depressants out there. I was prescribed 3 others before Effexor so it can be very much trial and error. I have now been on Effexor for 12 months and have found it to be beneficial, saying that though the initial side-effects had me feeling very ill although not in a depressive way and I requested to come off it. My doctor made me persevere and after approximately 6 weeks, little by little the ill effects left me. Now I feel well balanced and able to cope and whereas initially I felt very flat and unable to feel anything, that has also balanced out to a point where I feel as 'normal''as the next person!
2006-07-24 11:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by Angie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i have taken effexor xr for 3 months now and i love it, its the best anti-depressant i have ever been on i hear a lot of ppl have probs with it especially stopping the med on thier own
2006-07-24 11:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no problems really....didn't really work that well for me though. I ended up on Cymbalta and it worked better, then I came to find out that the problem was that I was married. One thing about all those pills, though, never forget to take them, and always take them at the same time everyday. I would get horrible headaches and dizzy if I didn't
2006-07-24 10:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by gimli_1977 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hated Effexor! It mad me tired, wanting to eat A LOT and diarrhea.
2006-07-24 10:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by JBessrocks! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-02 22:19:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sexaul problems are a BIG side effect with all the antidepressants.
Although Wellburin is a very mild antidepressant and it might or might not affect you.
2006-07-24 11:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I felt horible and weird on it for the first 2 weeks,,,I was sick, dizzy, spacy, and had panaick attacks. But after 2 weeks, I felt better and it actually helped me lose weight and decrease my appitite...
2006-07-24 10:58:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My ex took it for years.. I don't think it really helped her depression.. and she totally lost her sex drive... and then had problems trying to get off it too!
2006-07-24 10:58:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it caused insomnia and agitation for me. And it is difficult to withdraw from it.
2006-07-24 10:59:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋