Just started back on this drug after an eight month hiatus, was put on 75 mg for a week, and then 150 mg. Well, for the first week my aunt kept telling me that she noticed I was especially "vivacious"... this kind of worried me, because in the past it tended to kind of throw my mood into a hypomanic state.

Well i took my first 150 last night, and promptly woke up at six am this morning with my thoughts racing, and a speedy uncomfortable feeling that feels suspiciously like hypomania.

I don't think it is anxiety because although i am finding it uncomfortable, i don't feel scared of it, and im not thinking "oh my god my heart is pounding" because its not, which happens with my anxiety.

I think I may need a mood stabilizer to go with it but I am not sure what is safe for pregnancy right now, and I definetly do not want to discontinue the effexor because it is immensely helping my anxiety, depression and cranky edginess.

Does it sound to anyone else like i may be experiencing hypomania? Are there any natural ways to try to curb the hypo?

[lauren_helene]

Well all I can say is that I am weaning off Prozac because after two years of trying out various drugs, it appears that Neurontin, Seroquel and Adderall work for me but Prozac might be causing me problems.

My T says sometimes antidepressants just make some people worse. This may or may not be your case but I thought I'd share.

When I took Effexor XR by the way, it was awful. I demanded to get off of that drug after a few months. I couldn't miss a dose without vertigo, nausea, and the nightmares were terrible.

I was on 150mg as well.

[need2move4ward]

My antidepressant= Phenergan, Ativan, Suboxone, Flexeril....better than any antidepressant--always get side effects. EffexorXR has one of the worst withdrawal side effect panel there is out 'there'...