Effexor usage

Effexor is mainly prescribed for people who are? Or have? What types of disorders or illnesses are the main ones Effexor is used to combat?

Thanks!

The main one I know of is for depression.
You can check on one of the internet info sites for this med, you can even try just going to Google, type in the med and then click on various sites.
BTW let me not forget to say, "welcome to the forums"
you'll meet a lot of nice people here, I am sure

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SOLON

Thanks for the information. I guess I knew it was for depression but as we know with any drug sometimes they are more "targeted" for certain types of people and certain types of depression. Oh and thanks for the warm welcome too!

I know that is mostly for clinical depression, and is hardly used with Bipolar Disorder, that usually requires a mood stabilizer as the main med. which there are several of those types too.
Before my being diagnosed with Bipolar-II, which most BP-II's suffer more from depression than mild mania, my GP had tried every SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor), wellbutrin and then effexor.
For a short time they helped, but extreme stress brought out the BP, which I am genetically wired for, my oldest brother is BP-I, and there have been others that back in their day were never Dxed but today would meet the criteria for this disorder when hearing of their behaviour and events.
I had one great, great uncle that back in his day (early 1900's) had commited suicide, some say it may have been an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, due to his age, he was in his early 70's. Oh enough of hearing of my stuff, I am sure you have your own problems, that you may be dealing with.
If you are being treated by a GP for depression, I would suggest if it is not working after awhile it would be best to be evaluated by a pdoc, they are the specialists in this area, and could help you get the proper, effective med/treatment.
Life is short and it isn't worth having to suffer with things that can be helped, even if it means taking a med, giving you a better quality of life. . . just my opinion based on my personal experiences.
Whatever it is, I wish you luck with this, and please feel free to always drop by the forums or even check if anyone is on "chat", that is fun to do and helpful too

Take care now,
DE

In giving advice seek to help, not please your friend
SOLON

effexor effects seratonin, dopamine and nor epineprin, it's an anti depressant, "new age", bp 1, i'd say more bp 2 as that is mostly depression with some rare high points. i've been on it for a while, but if you're on it, NEVER miss a dose, it has a nasty withdrawl

"don't kick the puppy" ~ j.e.p.

I was on it for awhile. Don't miss a dose - Effexor had horrible withdrawl symptoms. It also made me bounce off the walls - it made me ridiculously hyper all of the time, but that was just me.

Could you tell me of some of the side effects or point me to some more information about it? I really appreciate the help!

Jim

check out effexorxr.com or run a search on Effexor through an online search engine (google, yahoo, etc.).

It is and anti-depressant and is used for Depression (major, and other Depressive Disorders), Seasonal Affective Disorder. It is also used for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, which includes Panic Disorder, social anxiety etc.

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rxlist.com has all the company med info on almost EVERY known medication, and watch your blood pressure

"don't kick the puppy" ~ j.e.p.

also, have you checked out the link on the homepage here on this site? It has medical information on Effexor, specifically. I personally liked the hallucinations I experienced upon delay of a dose.. well, I was told those things weren't real,,, they still are vivid to me.

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Wow!! Hallucinations? I must of missed something while I was on this med. . .never got hallucinations, actually "nada".
Well everyone is different I suppose.

Lately life has been one big "hallucination" for me .

Good luck to y'all

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DE

In giving advice seek to help, not please your friend
SOLON