Posted by Cindy W on April 11, 2000, at 21:45:13
In reply to Just starting Effexor, posted by Julie on April 11, 2000, at 20:59:21
> I just started taking Effexor last week, one week at 37.5 mg and this week I started 75 mg and next week I go to 150 mg where I'll stay for a while. My family doc prescribed it for mild depression and anxiety. From day one, I experienced a terrible migraine (which I have a history of) which lasted 4 days. Then when I upped the dose, the migraine is back. The nausea only lasted a couple days and is gone. Has anyone taken this who has a history of migraines? what's your experience? My prescription of Imitrex isn't helping much. I'm wondering if all this is worth it or if I should go off it and just deal with my issues drug free. I'm also concerned about the withdrawl symptoms when I do decide to go off it. How bad are they?
Julie, I've been lucky not to have headaches, just some dizziness occasionally with Effexor-XR. I've read from others' postings that headaches tend to go away after a week or two (see the above posts). Hope things go well for you! You may want to try to decrease the dose back to 37.5 for a while, and if you can tolerate that without headaches, increase it VERY VERY SLOWLY. I've read that increasing and withdrawing it slowly are really important.
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