Posted by Cindy W on July 1, 2000, at 12:02:03
In reply to Re: Effexor-side effects, posted by Rita on July 1, 2000, at 10:16:04
> > I started Effexor about 2 months ago and was up to 150mg day and I was also already taking Trazodone for sleep. I had about a half a dozen days where I would get a wierd dizziness off and on throughout the day. It started up again one night while laying in bed and actually made my eyes roll downward for a second. In the morning, the "episodes of dizziness" progressed to the point where it was happening constantly. It was almost like an electical charge in my brain and getting dizzy was an after-effect of these charges. It got to the point where I was feeling tingling down my right arm to my palm & fingertips whenever I got the "charges". I slowly discontinued using Effexor and I've been back on Prozac for a couple days now and I've never had any side effects from that. Has anybody ever had this type of experience with Effexor?
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> > I also have nightmares (waking up with my fists clenched), night sweats and see "trails" sometimes
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> Hello again. As Snowdancer mentioned, I too can relate to the various side effects you mentioned. For me, most of them went away after several weeks; but would return briefly if I changed the dose, missed a dose, or got over stressed/tired. The teeth clenching has persisted, but apparently not as bad as yours. Flexeril (at night) might help....it's a muscle relaxant and helped me with both the teeth clenching and the muscle jerks/spasms. Have been getting off the drug over the past few weeks... Starting at 275mg, began cutting back (with doctor's permission) by 25mg/week...now down to 100mg and still OK. Tried to stop before by cutting back 50mg/day (the size of my pills)...disaster!! Like someone else said...scared me back on. Now I use a pill cutter and every time I cut back, I readajust to make sure I spread the remaining dose as evenly over each 24 hour period as possible. Best of luck to all of you. Effexor's a good drug; works when many others don't; however, it has it's own idiosyncracies and doesn't work for everyone (like Prozac didn't work for me). Trust your doctor and your body! ... RitaHello! i feel so lucky, because i take Effexor 275 mg/day and it doesn't bother me in any way. Hope you find the right thing!
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