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Hi Pete, Good to hear from you. I am on day 12 of Effexor I just started this morning to take a bit more then the 37.5 so more like a 1 pill plus a quarter of a second I will do that for 3 days then go to 1 1/2 for 2 then up to 75mg. So far I have no side effects either one day I had a lot of nervousness I thought it might be the pill but I think it was really just me being so scared and stuff,tense. I have notices that I have been gettin into a more regualar schedule starting to sleep better wake up earlier and I have not cried the past 2 days. I am looking forward now to getting better and better. Saw my doc yesterday I told him how I am increasing he said that is fine and smiled at me I can joke with him about the way I wean myself onto meds he said if it works it works! Period. Ok look forward to hearing from you. Tita
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Well another week has passed on the 75mg..I have an appointment with the psychiatrist in 1 more week. I am looking forward to it I guess. I think the Dr. will probably increase my dosage, I don't have nausea anymore so I am assuming it took a few days to adjust to the 75mg level of medication. I still feel a bit better but not as good as I think I can feel although I am having way more really good days then bad days. I still sweat more when working out, the Dr. said that it would calm down but there hasn't been a difference since I started taking it. No big deal though I just make sure I drink enough fluids so I don't get dehydrated. No more dry mouth at all though which is nice. In the pamphlet it says 75mg is the starting dose for social anxiety disorder and 37.5 was starting for general anxiety disorder. I think the first month or so the dosages are low so they see what kind of reactions you have to the meds before increasing. I have been worried the past week or so because I was doing some heavy lifting and pulled some muscles in my chest I think, so because I am aware of it I think about it often but I just keep telling myself it's pulled muscles the tightness will go away, there is nothing to worry about.
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Thanks for that Pete of course when I read a bit of your side effects it sent a wave of Panic through me. I course what if's and Oh no's ran through my head I like that you said you are going to wait to see the benefits I feel like I am gaining my strength from you. Thank you Tita
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I have finished my first week of 37.5 and first week of 75mg. I was perscribed to continue at 75mg until I see my psychiatrist on the 22nd of this month. My last few days on the meds have not been very good. I have felt a bit of nausea along with some anxiety, the information with the meds did say this will pass in time as my body adjusts to the medication. I have also felt a little off balance at times which I had before. I am NOT going to stop taking the meds or take a lower dosage until I see my psychiatrist, like I said before if I have to be a uncomfortable for a period of time before the meds start working like they should that is fine with me, I will wait it out.
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Hi Pete, Just wondering how you doing maybe your doing so good you forgetting to post? hehehe.. I am on day 2 of 37.5. Last night I was so nervous about I think I brought on a bunch of symptoms I normally don't have then was worried they were from the meds but I doubt that I know what we can do to ourselves with panic. Today I am feeling so normal like yesterday was a bad dream.. Well looking forward to you next insightful post. Tita
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Well today I must say that I feel really good, relaxed even. I was supposed to see a psychiatrist today but there was a mixup and my appointment was cancelled so I won't see her for another 2 weeks, usually I look forward to these appointments, usually I come out reassured and feeling better, but when they cancelled I was fine with it, just kinda said ok see you in 2 weeks. So my doctor perscribed a continuation of the 75mg which seems to be a level that is working well. My therapist said that the psych will evaluate in a couple of weeks if my dosage needs to go up or not. I can't think of a time when I had negative, obsessive or castastrophic thoughts in the last couple days, which is usually where I would struggle. All of a sudden thoughts would pop into my mind and I would be like where the heck did that come from? Since I have been on the effexor I noticed that those thoughts occur less and less.
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I did to read a lot about the side effects now that I have started I dont' read about it anymore don't want to scare myself. I am glad you put the percentage out there. Dry mouth yes that is a more common side effect but one that doesn't last if I am correct goes away within a week. Most likely cause you just increased to 75mg nice to know it's not a contant morning and workouts not to bad. Keep posting Pete I am encouraged by you. Tita
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Just so you know I did read alot about Effexor before I started taking it. I read some of the clinical trials and although there were numerous side effects they were suffered by only like 1 or 2 percent of like 700 people in the study. But people taking the placebo in the same study had the same percentage of side effects after both groups were told about what the side effects were. I can tell you that when I have taken other meds I read the side effects and of course had some of the side effects most likely because I was worried about them to begin with. With the effexor I just said hell with it I will take it like perscribed and if just go on with my day. Also I forgot to add that my mouth has been dry lately mostly when I wake up in the morning and when I am working out just something I noticed.
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Thank Pete I am glad you don't mind. I am on day 3 I know it way to early for any results I still couldn't take the whole 37.5 today I only half of that. I wish I could just relax and let it do it's job like you. For some reason probably the depression and anxiety I can't sleep very well I spent all of last night sometimes in a light sleep most of the time just up. I am so tired today and out of sorts still can't sleep though. You right I think it was the caffeine. Happy to know things are going so well for you. Tita
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On my 13th day I ran into sort of a stumbling block I guess, I have been taking the meds religously, and things have been going fairly well, like I said before I am not sure if it was the meds or the fact that I was a bit more relaxed just letting the meds do their thing. During the evening before bed I had a huge mug of hot chocolate, usually I ride the bike for 20k before I go to bed but was too tired but for some reason my heart felt like it was racing a bit, nothing serious at all up to like 90 bpm usually its at 66-72 bpm when Im sitting around. Anyways it did kind of worry me but I just said well not much I can do probably the caffiene in the hot chocolate, so I went to bed, for some reason I woke up at 2am and my heart was still racing so I was still worried, but for some reason I didn't freak out like I had on occasion in the past( I hardly ever got a racing heartrate) Anyways all of a sudden I just laid down and felt very comfortable like Im talking seconds after I started having these feelings and went back to sleep, my wife asked me like 2 mins later if I was ok and it kind of woke me up and I just said ya I was already back to sleep lol, where as before I would have been up for at least an hour pacing and out of bed. My heart rate is absolutely normal today so maybe it was the hot chocolate or maybe it was the meds kicking in finally after the 2 weeks they said it would probably take. I have my appointment with my counsellor/therpist tomorrow so I will ask about it anyways. Hi Tita, no problem post all the questions on here you have and I will try and answer the best I can

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