Posted by nesredep on June 19, 2006, at 20:35:00
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR?, posted by thorthena on June 9, 2006, at 19:35:31
Hi
I felt wonderful on Effexor XR. I started it nearly 3 years ago, and within just a few weeks felt better psychologically than I had in years. My husband (who hates Psych meds) said that he felt he had the real me back again.
I had previously tried a number of SSRIs with and without Wellbutrin.
I am a professional, work hard, have a difficult marriage, transitioning with my kids off to college.
The secret is to taking Effexor for me was to "start low and go slow"...
Unfortunately, after about 3 months I developed a very rare side effect (myopathy/myositis/CPK 4,000) which at that point had not yet been previously reported. I had to taper off fairly quickly; even then we took two weeks to do so, and I had minimal side effects. Again, never stop "cold Turkey."
I am now taking Cymbalta, and doing well... but have never felt quite as resilient and stable emotionally as I did on Effexor. But my depression does remain in remission. Also, I tend to be a bit scatter-brained on this med.
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