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May 22, 2017, 08:06 PM
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I just started Effexor XR 4 days ago, and was wondering how other people have found this medication? I have found it is fine so far. I had a lot of problems with Luvox and ended up going to the ER because of it (well that's what i think) for
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May 22, 2017, 08:11 PM
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It really helped my depression for years. But if I forgot to take it, I'd get nauseated and have a horrible headache within a few hours of the missed dose.
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May 27, 2017, 01:55 PM
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Thanks. I've been on it for almost a week or so and already feel a lot better. The only side effect I seem to have is headaches. For all the SSRIs I've been on, they always got rid of my tension headaches from stress, but this one hasn't. I don't know. So i just deal with daily headaches now that last for hours.
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May 31, 2017, 04:42 AM
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I had really bad headaches when I first went on Effexor and every time we upped the dose. But I found they went away within a couple of weeks.
Hope the med works for you. splitimage
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May 31, 2017, 06:11 AM
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Thanks. It's funny you mentioned this, as Effexor is causing me headaches too. We were going to see if I need to raise to dose (my pdoc and I) but she said to wait a couple more weeks to see if my headaches go away, as they are pretty much daily.
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Jun 04, 2017, 01:48 AM
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Effexor was horrible I had migraines, nausea all the time, night terrors, always dehydrated even though I drink at least 2 gallons to 8L of water a day.
Then when I was took off cold turkey I wanted to do myself in and also tried as well....it was horrible.
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