Posted by Cindy W on February 12, 2000, at 9:37:46
In reply to Re: Feeling dreamy and weird on Effexor, posted by Caz on February 12, 2000, at 8:36:19
> > > Hi.
> >
> > No, for me, effexor has always been activating. But given your add, I am not surprised you would have the opposite effect from me. A lot of others have mentioned feeling sedated by it.
> >
> > How fast did you increase your dose? This might be an initial adjustment effect.
> >
> > BTW, are you on regular or xr?
>
> My experience was that the tablet form made me feel kinda high and enervated within 2 hours of taking it but the capsule (slow release) made me yawn excessivly and feel drowsy in the afternoon if taken in the morning. I stuck with the slow release and took it late afternoon rather than morning and had no side effects other than raised blood pressure and weight gain.
> It seems people have many different experiences with this drug. Also, I had to give up coffee and avoid pain killers containing codeine while I was on it since coffee made me kind of manic and codeine made me VERY sleepy and gave me nightmares.
>
> *shrug*
> Seems like an unpredictable drug. I'm curious about why it affects people in different ways.There must be something the matter with me, because all the AD's I have taken (including Effexor-XR) didn't really bother me in terms of side effects (except for sexual side effects). I don't feel any different taking Effexor-XR (no fatigue, no "high"), just no hopelessness or despair and subdued OCD.--Cindy W
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