I know you know meds affect everyone differently, I'm only prefacing this with that statement for the newbies!

But, yes, I too had trouble with sleeping on Effexor. But since Effexor is also the only med to help with my depression (needed that norepy!) I had to continue on it. My pdoc added something to help with sleep. Yeah, I wasn't too thrilled with popping yet another pill, but heck...better than not sleeping. Now I sleep like a baby. You might try posting to Larry about natural alternatives if that interests you, or if the problem continues, ask you pdoc for something to help.

Not sleeping is the worst! When I was in my first major depression, and too depressed and confused to understand what was wrong with me, I went 18 months without a real nights sleep. It was really a nightmare. After that I vowed to not put myself in that position again. Sleep really is important to good mental and physical health. When I met my pdoc, I made sure we were in agreement on this!

emmy