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Posted 8/12/2013 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
I have been tested for general anxiety disorder and told I suffer from it. I have tried buspar and celexa with no luck. I thought that I would try naturally to get rid of anxiety but that didn't work. i got a viral illness and because I didn't have any symptons but a fever and a swollen lymph node on the neck I thought I had cancer or something else. I was obsessing to the point where I called in sick for work just to go to the doctor today. I was perscribed effexor 75mg a couple weeks ago but haven't taken it due to the horror stories I have read about it . I am only 19 and don't know if I want to be on medicines for years and years to come. My doctor said that he thinks its a great product and if I decide to get off it that it will be done slowly and overtime under his care. I am more anxious then ever right now . I was hoping anyone could offer advice on my situation.

Thanks for your help
Posted 8/12/2013 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Think this through logically.

Side effects happen in a percentage of the patients who take them. You can't know if you are among those affected. The only way to figure this out is to take them.

The only way to figure out if a medication can help you is to try it. If you don't try it, you are back to square one. If it works, you are

If you do take the medication, you are not on it for the rest of your life. You can stop, with a doctor's help.

Efffexor has helped me considerably.
Posted 8/12/2013 9:18 PM (GMT 0)
What is your dosage if you don't mind me asking ? And whats it like?
Posted 8/12/2013 9:56 PM (GMT 0)
I was on 150 for over a year, which recently got raised to 225. I noticed a difference almost immediately. Clearer thinking, less likely to become overly anxious, more able to deal with problems rather than shut down from them.

I do think that effexor is the medication responsible for my weight gain, which is frustrating. Or, at least, effexor combined with something else, likely birth control. I gained about 30 pounds after starting, and now cannot seem to lose any weight. Even with exercise and a low-carb restrictive diet for my Crohns, my weight varies by about 3 pounds.
Posted 8/12/2013 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Does it make you hungry?
Posted 8/12/2013 10:11 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry of that's a weird question! I just cannot gain Amy weight
Posted 8/12/2013 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
Not really, or not that I notice. I think it is just a combination of my specific medications.
Posted 8/13/2013 4:24 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the help ! Still a little hesitant to start tommorrow .



Anyone else !?! Someone's gotta have done experience in this !
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