[Ravynsvoid]

Hey everyone, new to the forum so be kind to the newb Quick intro, everyone calls me Jay, and I'm an American living abroad in New Zealand. About a month ago I suffered some losses in my life that I didn't deal with very well. Good news is, that served to highlight some bigger issues in my life that I'd been hiding from. Long story short, clinical depression diagnosis and a prescription for Effexor. The problem I'm running into is, I've always considered myself an intelligent person. And while the bottomless hole that is depression sucks, the rebound from that (manic episodes?) always made me feel positively brilliant. I can feel this medication working on me, but now I just feel like a mindless automaton and my brain feels like it's moving at a snail's pace compared to where it was before. Even when I was depressed I could think circles around most of the people I know (not bragging or anything, just the best way I can explain how I feel, sorry), but now I feel like the dumbest person in the room. Does this ever get any better?

Love and Light,
~Jay

[Stronger]

Hello, and welcome
I'm on Effexor too. For me i feel like it definitely helps speed up my thought process.
But medication effects everyone differently. If you want to check out the psychiatric medications section I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of support there too.
Best of luck

Hi! Welcome to PC! Hmm, medication is a very finicky thing. How long have you been on it? You probably want to talk to your prescriber if it's been more than a month or so since I think that's the general rule I've heard from mine for how long medications take to kick in (or rather, that's the longest amount of time anyways). Let it settle a bit and see how you feel. If it persists and it really bothers you then definitely ask to adjust the dosage or switch medications

Good luck!

[Ravynsvoid]

Thanks for the replies :-) Its been about a month, but to be fair, the first week or so I was pretty crap at taking it. Hard trying to find the best place to fit it in with my other medications. So maybe I'll just give it a bit and see what happens. Thanks for the welcome!

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[Altered Moment]

What dose of effexor are you taking?

[Ravynsvoid]

150 mgs per day. Started me on half that for the first few weeks though.

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