Posted by McGuyver on March 13, 2001, at 7:32:34
In reply to Strange side effects, agitation, posted by Amy3877 on March 5, 2001, at 2:42:08
> Strange side effects? Hmmm. I started taking Effexor a little over a week ago. Severe depression, I've had it forever, but finally decided to get help. I used "Extacy" about a dozen times a few years ago. Side effects,...basically, I feel like I'm "rolling" without any hallucinations. The doc also prescribed Trazadone to help me sleep. It worked a couple of times, but as you can tell, I didn't sleep last night. I'm assuming the "rolling" feeling will go away when my body adjusts. Hang in their.
Note: Do any of you think I should increase the Traz, or decrease the Effex. Although I'm out of it sometimes, I really do feel better. At last! Sleep dep kind of bugs me though.
McGuyver
> I just found this site and I'm excited to find a group of people discussing this drug. I have been having these very strange side effects and I want to know if anyone out there has any idea what I'm talking about. It is so strange that it is hard for me to describe and put words to but I'll try my best. Every so often I will get this "agitated" feeling in a part of my body. The first time it happened I was on the plane and all of a sudden my legs felt so tense and agitated that I had to move them every 30 seconds or so to relieve the tension. I thought that it might just have to do with sitting on the plane for so long but later that night the same thing happened with my back. It felt like torture! I couldn't stop moving and trying to strech to relieve the discomfort. It hasn't happened for several weeks but yesterday the same thing happened with my neck and today I had the same feeling on my scalp! (very weird) I have talked to my Psychiatrist about it and she prescribed valium because she thought I was having muscle spasms. When I have described this side effect to her she seems to be at a total loss. I am at a total loss as well! I have been taking 112 of Effexor and 200 of Wellbutrin for about a month and a half and I have been doing much better but I have had to tolerate all of this side effect as well as sweaty hands, being freezing cold most of the time, feeling very agitated and angry, and I have a tremor as well. I am really really worried about how these medications may be messing with my brain chemistry but I am also finally "living" and I am scared to go off of them. I had been on paxil for 4 years and I couldn't get off it because of how bad the withdrawl was so I ended up replacing paxil with Effexor and I was able to go right off...but, then end up on another drug that is causing so many problems. Does anyone understand what I'm talking about? Has anyone experienced this kind of agitation? Please help me!
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