Effexor

Has anyone taken effexor?  My husband is now starting to take it  for depression.  Dr.  told him two to four weeks before he starts seeing a difference.  Just wondered how anyone else reacted to it.  I know everyone is different, but when you go to the website, reading all the side affects can be scary.

Thanks. 

I have taken it and did not have any problems except sometimes I could tell if I missed a dose for several days. I am now off of it officially as of today. Hopefully things will go well off of it. I am on enough other meds. My pdoc is playing around with my meds as she feels I am on too many. I have been pretty lucky in not having too many side effects with the different meds I have taken or am taking. Good luck and let us know how things go.

Chelsi

hi,

Not to burst the bubble, but I took Effexor and it made me almost catatonic. I couldn't feel anything, I could barely carry on a conversation. So just be on the lookout, ok?

-M

I was on Effexor for well over a year and I did very well on it, until it stopped working for me. Since then, I was put on Lexapro and it helps too. I had worked up to 300mg. My son is on 75 mg and he has had no problems either. It seems that the with the anti's peeps react so differently with them. Also, just because someone had a bad experience it does not mean that you will to. Hugs, Susie

I've been on Effexor for 6-8 years (can't remember exactly). It worked for me better than anything else, and I've tried about a dozen kinds of antidepressants over the years. However, in the past year or so it seemed to stop working, so my doc is having me try other things in combination with it.

The only side effect I saw with it was withdrawal symptoms if I skipped a couple of days. I'd get headaches, feel dazed and have occasional weird tingles. That only lasted a couple of days, however

These kinds of meds affect everyone differently, so you never know until you try. Do give it a couple of weeks to start having an effect, but don't be hesitant to tell your doctor if you don't like how it makes you feel.

Someone in the IBS forum said they were taking Efflexor for depression and it completely cured their IBS.  Has anyone else experienced something like this becasue I also have problems with both.