Posted by Vegas girl on June 6, 2006, at 17:11:55
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
I started Effexor 2 weeks ago. My first week I took 37.5, & was to double the dose on day 8. Beginning with day 6 of the low dose, I could not stay awake and missed 6 hours of work in 4 days. No way was I going to start the 75m on day 8! Here it is a week later, and I am screaming in my sleep, feel electric shocks going through my whole body (not just my head), and it seems that my brain is registering reality just a split second late. Things seem to be moving in small frames, rather than smoothly. Worst of all, I am bawling like a baby for no reason. I had a couple of good days, thought it was out of my system, and now all the symptoms are back (it's been 1 wk now since I stopped taking). When does all of this go away? & how can they give this stuff to people knowing of the risk that this could happen?
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