Effexor/Venlafaxine non-time-release once per day

I was wondering if anyone else had a doctor prescribe non-time-release Effexor/Venlafaxine once per day?

Or taken non-time-release Effexor/Venlafaxine once a day for an extended period of time?

Does it make sense that non-time-release Effexor/Venlafaxine, 37.5mg, taken only once per day, messed me up in many ways including irritability, hostility, fatigue and poor sleep? ("Poor sleep" meaning lack of REM and maybe even Stage 4.)

Eventually my life became a living hell. But I got a lot better as soon as I stopped taking it. (After eight years!)

But despite the huge improvement when I stopped, I'm still by no means completely better.

My current doctors seem to be treating me as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and not addressing what the Effexor might have or probably did to me.

I went from being extremely bright and successful professionally (as a senior programmer of over 25 yrs) to barely being able to make money at home.

Now I'm so "high maintenance" that I can't reasonably work away from my home.

I had this same problem! The effects can be very severe. I was given effexor 75 mg once a day in the morning instant release when I was 14 years old for a moderate case of depression. Within 1-2 months I was removed from public school. Shortly thereafter I was placed in a special program for severely mentally ill adolescents. My parents transferred me to a new doctor, but he just maintained the same treatment. I eventually started refusing the medicine, and over the period of really several years I recovered - but I still had symptoms of cognitive problems and depression (and weight gain) that never really cleared up. To make matters worse, I never knew that the medication was improperly prescribed, and I never took another antidepressant for 17 years.

14 year old and put on EFFEXOR your shrinks should be jailed. Your brain is in clouds at 14 you haven't had time to come to terms with world yet, and your head is spinning from life and body changes .