Hi.

I started taking Effexor in late August. I'm very sensitive to medications and my psychiatrist understands that each body responds differently to the them. So what we did is, we've been slowly, slowly increasing the dosage and only now I'm on the dosage that she initially thought would be best - 150 mg.

She made a point that I should take both in the morning, though, as I am a natural born insomniac and apparently Effexor is supposed to work as a mild anxiety regulator as well.

It is possible that your fear of meds might have influenced your reaction, but it is also possible that your body is not ready yet for that dosage.

I strongly recommend that anyone on meds keep their docs informed about their reactions, cause the docs are the only ones who can calculate what and when and how you should take them - but they can't do that unless we keep them informed.

Hope it helps :-)