Are you taking Effexor?

How is it working for you? What are your side effects? A place to talk with others on the same medication, and get some ideas of what to expect from your dosage. So join the club you do not have to post if you do not want to, you can just sit back and get info from the other members and then post when you are ready. Join the club what could it hurt. NOTHING :)

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EFFEXOR XR (venlafaxine HCl) Extended-Release Capsules are indicated for the treatment of Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), and Panic Disorder (PD) with or without agoraphobia in adults. Available in following dosages: venlafaxine 150mg, venlafaxine 75mg and venlafaxine 37.5mg

Q: Starting venlafaxine tomorrow
Hello all. I am to start taking it tomorrow, what can I expect? The doctor did not tell me anything.
I saw a few of the messages that you all wrote, should I be concerned? I just fiished taking Zoloft, it was not working for me. Please let me know if there is something to be concerned about.

Thanks, Ruth

Q: My Effexor update
hi, all; thought I'd share what was going on with me, effexor-wise.

I saw my regular doctor last week, and he suggested going from my "1-tablet every 6 hours [total of 300mg]" schedule to "2 apsules every 12 hours [same total, 300mgs]", to make it easier for me. As soon as I started the switchover [Thursday evening], I started getting a headache [not debilitating, but definitely unpleasant]; I wound up taking 1/2 a tablet along with the 2 capsules, since I was sure it was 'effexor level in the blood-stream' related. That continued thru Monday AM, when I didn't need the extra 1/2 tablet [Monday PM, tho, the headache came back, so I added the 1/2 tablet]. The sweats have been back, too, but that's all.

hope to hear from you all
soon,

Rick

Q: Venlafaxine Dosage
I have discovered that my medication has some limits as to its effectiveness. Tuesday I got necessarily (really) irate at some moron and the exitement was followed by a little bit of an emotional roller coaster, not to bad but it still sucked. Last night I got some (later found out to have been misinterperated) really upsetting news and got really emotionally messed up, that was settling a little when someone else upset me. Needless to say I've had a not so great couple of days. Anyway, after that little synopsis, if you want details let me know and I will expand upon the story, I am wondering if maybe I might need to get my dosage increased, or is this pretty normal. Being relatively new to the whole drug thing I'm not yet sure of the limits of control that I should expect. Any insite would be most appreciated. Oh yeah this was great, my doctor left me a message to call, I called and they couldn't remember why they called, and would get back to me when they remembered. Uh, I hope it wasen't important.

A little big of a mental milkshake going on right now,

Travis