Posted by jannbeau on December 16, 2002, at 11:55:42
In reply to Re: Effexor --some little big Qs » khead, posted by zinya on December 16, 2002, at 11:34:20
>>>Absolutely agree that it seems strange that, with 200 patients on this medication, none has complained of any significant side effects! What, he has the perfect patient, or 200 of them???
Cheers and Hopeful Holidays,
JannbeauThanks, khead, for your response. I wrote you back yesterday but now it's not on the screen, so i guess it got swallowed in cyberspace somehow ... and now am searching to recall what i had said and asked :) ...
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> I've now seen your earlier post too which helps to understand how long you've been on Effexor and your 'symptoms' thus far...
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> I certainly identify with the waking up at 4-5 am and then flipping in bed with that interminable stream of screwed-up thoughts... I still have yet to start trying Effexor. Once I read on here about such severe-sounding side effects and even withdrawal after just a few days, i confess i got concerned (my md. hadn't told me of any side effect risks but just the 'plus side' of treating two systems at once - serotonin and norepenephrine)** and I still haven't decided if the risks vs. potential rewards would favor at least a trial. My system has over the years been very sensitive to any drugs even when doctors, knowing that, sometimes have had me try less than the minimum-dose pill for starters, so i was grateful to find this site and to at least be forewarned (since Effexor sounds more potent than others i've tried but couldn't tolerate) -- and so far it made me try a while longer 'on my own' but i'm not finding any force for rallying to do the myriad more important tasks awaiting me -- In your words, i do feel "stuck" indeed. (My main concern was a sense of depression but i am starting to realize in past month that anxiety is a lot of what i'm dealing with.)
> Well, i do thank you and i will be glad to hear your input. Right after I first posted here, there seemed to be a sudden lull and few postings so I am appreciating discovering a batch of new posts here to reflect on.
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> ** After finding and devouring posts on this site, i re-asked my md. -- internal med. not a shrink -- and he said he has approx 200 patients on Effexor and none with side-effect problems that he knew of. That became kind of mind-boggling (as if he were doling it out -- 200 seems like a lot of patients on it for one md.) and also curious or hard to believe, after reading here, that none of them would be having problems...
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