Starting Effexor now!!

Hi all it’s been a while.... well I’ve been on the Luvox for at least 2 months and have lost 12 lbs due to nausea from it and it just did nothing for me. I also started TMS treatment and did the swab dna test to see which medications are good, ok or bad for me. Effexor was in the green and since I have tried most other SSRIs no no avail my pdoc is trying Effexor. I tried pristiq and it caused red face and fast heart rate. I’m very nervous about trying Effexor because I’ve read a lot of negative things about it. I’m down to my last weaning day of Luvox and man on man today has been awfu. I’m crying all day, dizzy and just plain blah;( I’m praying this Effexor will help. This has been almost a year struggle of this. Please please please some encouragement would be great. Hugs all

Mel b,

I just started it this morning as well. My doctor will be testing me the next time I go in. I have sooo many issues with antidepressants. So far I feel a bit of anxiety, sleepy and nauseous. I don’t feel like my heart is racing like I did with fluoxetine so that’s good. Good luck!

SC,

Thank you for encouragement. And you are right about reviews, that makes sense. I’m going to try and stay positive❤️

So today is day for of 37.5. Tomorrow I take two one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I have some increased anxiety and just feeling kinda weird. But I’m sticking to it as I know for me the start up on any antidepressant is hard! Thank you for any and all encouragement ❤️

Hi there! I’ve been on Effexor for the past 2 years and it works great for me👍 I’ve had no problems at all!

Mel,

I felt like the 37.5 mg was way too much for me. I could barely function and didn’t feel safe enough to drive. Does it make you feel heavily medicated? I took a break and took it again last night however this time I took out of some the beads inside and left like 12. This am I still very drugged but not as intense as the other day. I still don’t feel well enough to drive far places. Do you feel like this? My anxiety is there but blocked, the medicine isn’t allowing me to feel much of anything which is great I suppose. This is the first antidepressant that hasn’t given me severe side effects. They are liveable so I know my doctor is gonna to be mad I opened up the capsule but it’s either this is Xanax which is more addictive.

The pros are at least my physical symptoms are not there. No chest pains and no anxiety. I just fee high as a kite and tired.