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Originally Posted by splitimage
I've been on Effexor since 1999, and it's worked well for me. I'm on a really high dose though 375 mg. normal therapeutic dose is 225 mg. I don't have any side effects from it. When I started it, I had some nausea and headaches, but they went away in a couple of weeks.
The only real negative I know of with Effexor, is it can be extremely hard to come off of, it's got a really bad discontinuation syndrome profile, but since I plan to be on it for a while, I'm not too worried about that.
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Thanks,splitimage.I'm ok with on medication forever because I have always been on something since I was diagnosed..
Here we have Effexor only for 2 years,so we don't have enough information.
Maybe doctor himself didn't know about really bad discontinuation syndrome,I'm not sure.
It looks like,2 days on Effexor,It's working for me.I'm motivated and calm,also, there was side effect.I took first dose last night,and I couldn't sleep enough even I'm on sleep meds.
Maybe My Effexor dose will be smaller one.(I've heard when people took less than 75mg,It's common to be sleepy.I wasn't)
I took second dose this morning..(too fast?)and I feel it's wearing off.a bit scary.but interesting SNRI.(I'm a curious lab-rat)
Thanks for let me know your experience! Hmm..maybe people had less side effect is good for Effexor?(guessing)