2006-10-31 06:05:25 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I don't know, it didn't seem to do much for me. I began weening off of it and had horrible withdrawal symptoms, felt sick, had dizzy spells, etc. It sucked, but I hung in there. I am now on Lexapro and it seems to be helping me more than Effexor ever did. Good luck to you! It's hard to find the perfect balance.
2006-10-31 06:15:27 · answer #1 · answered by BriteHope 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been taking it for more than two years, have had a great experience with it. It helps with anxiety too, which often goes hand in hand with depression. The only side effect that never fully went away is sometimes I wake up at night with night-sweat, but it's a very small price to pay. I was taking Zoloft before that, which I thought was also pretty good but had more side effects, made me feel spacey or speedy at times, Effexor is much "cleaner." Hope you have good luck
2006-10-31 06:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience with Efexor was awful. I became suicidal and I felt worse. Once I got off of it , I felt a lot better. But it also depends on the person. For my mother it helped her but for others it didn't.
2006-10-31 16:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by LilahFairy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience wasn't a very good one. The side effects for me was it gave me suicidal thoughts and plunged me into a very deep depression that had me hospitalized twice. I have a depressive disorder but never had it get to the point that this drug caused. I worry about anyone taking this drug but I guess it's good for only a select few. I now take Celexa and it works wonders.
If you take this medication and notice a change that is dark and gloomy it could be this. Just be careful.
2006-10-31 07:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by Carol N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am also taking effexor....300mg a day. I suppose it helps, hard to be sure really, how would I feel if I didn't take it?
The only thing I really hate about it is that even if I'm a little late taking them I get really lightheaded and dizzy especially if I move about. This then goes on for hours even after I have taken them!
2006-10-31 06:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found it to be better than Paxil with fewer side effects. Zolof really sent me for a loop with it's side effects. Depression is a dibilitating illness but with good family support , friends who understood my situation & an employer who took an interest I've done extremely well. Best Wishes my friend.....
2006-10-31 06:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Diablo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to be on Efexor. I lost alot of weight on it. i replaced into on it for substantial Depressive illness. i replaced into on it for about 5 years. while they took me off of it, they on the instant placed me on something else. the only element i observed replaced into weight benefit.i think of for my first antidepressant it replaced into in basic terms good. ok i % to tell you something, Many medical medical doctors, even interior the ER and persons contained domestically too, in the event that they a technique or the different discover out your prognosis or your drugs, they assume you to be loopy, or reason problems, like they should handle you with childrens gloves, or they circulate any different way because of the fact many people have not got self belief in psychological ailment, and that they attempt to get you worked as much as tutor your in basic terms like all and sundry else and its no longer randomly on your concepts. psychological wellness Advocacy is very significant to people like this. shop your cool, and clarify that mutually as you have some problems, or take such and such medicine, you're nonetheless a individual and their affected person!
2016-11-26 20:57:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so far so good but i only been on it for a week,,im still a bytch from time to time
2006-10-31 06:47:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It caused me to have heart palpatations.
2006-10-31 06:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋