I was prescribed it once. I found the tablets better as they gradually dissolve and give you a bit of the drug during the day whereas with the liquid you get it all in one "hit" and then nothing...
I had ECT (6 treatments) fifteen years ago. I had severe anxiety at the time. I did get better but I was on medication too so I will never know whether it was the ECT or the meds or combo of both...
Stick with it. You always get increased anxiety at the beginning of these meds, usually for about two weeks. It is just your body adjusting and then it will magically disappear and you will feel...
You can take it either time but most people take it in the morning (including me). It can sometimes cause insomnia which is obviously not a good thing at night time....
I have been on Effexor for five years now. It has worked brilliantly and is still working brilliantly! I sincerely hope it works for you....
Lyn... the fact that Cait has grown into a confident young lady and is spreading her wings is thanks to you. You have given her the wisdom and guidance to be her own person. Be proud of that and tell...
Good for you Lyn! Well done. So proud of you! Jx...
Hi. I've had better luck with meds. My first tricyclic antidepressants worked for 7 years and then stopped working. I am now on Effexor and have been for 4 years - so far so good. It is worth kissing...
Hi Mungo. I have been on Effexor (small dose - 75 mg) for four years and I intend to stay on it for life. I was put on the drug after my other antidepressant stopped working after seven years. For me...
I have been on Effexor (75 mg) for four years. It saved my life. Before I took it I just laid on the sofa all day, terrible anxiety, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. I now run two choirs and have a part...
Hi. I wish you all the luck in the world with Effexor. It gave me my life back. The only side effects I get is a little weight gain and sweating more in the summer. It took me a couple of weeks to...
Excellent! Thanks for that....
Hi. Have just bought an acupressure band which I think are new in the UK this year. They are worn at the elbow and are supposed to help hay fever symptoms. Anyone had any success with this?...
Hi. I do sympathise. Head tingling is my daily companion. I do find that I don't notice them so much when moving around, so staying active (not aerobic sport, just pottering about !) definitely...
Hallo Pamela. My goodness... you have moved eight times in seven years???!! No wonder you have trouble remembering the numbers, especially with chronic pain to deal with too. AND you have only been...
Here's a good quote I read. When you're 20 you worry about what other people think of you. When you're 40 you worry about what other people think, but do it anyway. When you're 60 you realise that...
I'm on Effexor and get brain zaps all the time. I have learnt to live with them - in fact if I'm busy I don't even notice them. I would rather live with brain zaps than constant debilitating acute...
I had to leave my dream job as a music teacher in a primary school, teaching singing to 3 to 11 year olds. I was so sad.... but when I started my venlafaxine I felt well enough to return to work and...
Hi, just to let you know that I went through all this with a friend of mine a couple of months ago. She was convinced she was about to die of cancer because blood was in her urine. She had the kidney...
Hello Ben. I have been taking venlafaxine for three years and it gave me my life back. It works as well now as when I first started taking it. I am quite happy to be on it for the rest of my life. I...
Hi. Just wanted to add my tuppenceworth (I'm from the UK!). Effexor has given me my life back. I have been taking it for two years 75 mg in the morning. I had terrible insomnia before I was put on...
Yup, Twiggy, that's exactly how I feel!!...
Hi Twiggy. I think this is kind of normal. When I wake up I feel horrible, difficult to explain how I feel, just horrible! I take my Effexor and within 10 to 15 minutes I feel better. I know that...
I have lived with head and leg tingling for twelve years and I STILL get puzzled looks from many different doctors in white coats!!...
Play some music on your radio, CD or tape player in the car. A good plan is to play something you can sing along with to take your mind off your anxiety. Breathe slowly and deeply. Make sure you are...
I am about five miles from Basildon - actually in South Benfleet! Small world!...
Hi, you are not all alone in the world! I am in the East of England, from Essex, but I don't post very often these days. I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder controlled by Effexor....
Hi Sylk. Thank you so much for your speedy reply! I take 75 mg of Effexor (the ordinary, not the XR) in the morning. My last antidepressant worked for about five years although I struggled on for...
I have been taking Effexor for two years and it is working very well. My one fear is that it will stop working (just like my last medication did!). Our of curiosity, how long were you on it before it...
Hi Tammy. I have been on Effexor for two years and it has totally given me my life back. I am on 75 mg which I take in the morning so I sweat a bit more in the mornings - just in the summer - it is...
It could be the dose is a bit strong for you or it could be that you will get used to it - time will tell. My doc put me on Lexapro which is a near cousin of Celexa because the dose starts at 5 mg so...
Annuk - so glad you are doing so well. I regularly check up on you with our mutual friends! Just wanted you to know that I have been thinking of you. Janice x...
Hi Sarah. I'm glad to hear you're doing better on the Klonopin. I just wanted to say that you may not get the start up side effects with the Klonopin helping to calm you. Celexa is a very successful...
Thanks Kitt. You're doing a grand job!...
Hi everyone. I doubt if anyone remembers me.... but I used to be a moderator on this board. I haven't posted in ages and now feel strangely SHY!! I just wanted to tell people that I have lived with...
Absolutely right - the only way to know is to try! I would just add, however, that personally I found it very encouraging to hear of other people's positive experiences on particular medications....
I took Lexapro. It worked really well for my anxiety but I had a rare side effect of inflamed sinuses so I had to come off it. I have been on Effexor - 75 mg for eighteen months. This has worked well...
Hi Keli. You poor thing with your body adjusting to Zoloft and your body adjusting to pregnancy! No wonder you feel out of sorts. When my anxiety was at its worst, I felt very sensitive to noise...
Hi Drew. I have been on Effexor for eighteen months. I had exactly the same reaction as you at the beginning and I described it the same way as you - kind of jittery and too much coffee feeling! I...
Hi Sarah. I am sure you are not imagining the "zaps" and withdrawal feelings. Just as the antidepressant takes a while to build up in your system, so it takes a while to realise it's not there any...
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that Effexor gave me my life back. I have been on it for eighteen months now and live a normal life. My anxiety was so bad I just used to lie on the sofa all day....
Hi Janet. I was thinking about you yesterday and wondering how you were doing! I wonder whether the fact you have an ear infection has triggered your anxiety in some way. I find if I am tired,...
Hi. You are bound to get withdrawal symptoms when reducing the dose of the zoloft, even doing it gradually, so the anxiety feelings may not necessarily be the old illness coming back but your body...
Hallo all. Annuk is a friend of mine. She rang yesterday to ask me to let you know that her computer has a virus which is preventing her from logging on to HW. This scary virus seems to be copying...
Hallo. I have been on 75 mg Effexor for 15 months. It has given me my life back, so yes, it works! I have gone from sleeping only three or four hours a night with sleeping pills to sleeping for eight...
Just as a matter of interest I mention that I was on Paxil (or Seroxat as it is known in the UK) for three months and it did absolutely nothing for me, while Effexor at 75 mg has helped enormously....
Hi jaymay. I am on Effexor (started November 2005) and I want to stay on it forever because it has given me my life back. I started getting side effects of nausea and slightly increased anxiety...
Lyn, just to let you know I am thinking of you and praying all will be well. Janice x...
That sounds like a good plan, Janet. Let's hope it does the trick, but if it doesn't, you have the other plan waiting in the wings!...
Hi jaymay. I have been on 75 mg of Effexor since November 2005. It has given me my life back. At the time I couldn't sleep even though I was on sleeping pills, had no energy, felt anxious all the...