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[half a moon]

Got prescribed this today. I been searching and can't find anyone that had good experiences with it. Looked through some old GAF threads and see nothing good mentioned.

I start college classes monday and I don't want to have depression/anxiety mess it up another semester.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

I'm sorry for your lots.

 

[Solideliquid]

NeoGAF isn't for medical advice. Please don't follow advice from the internet people. Talk to your doctor. Do some research.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...nel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

 

[speculawyer]

If you are going to take, you need to take it consistently. If you miss a couple days your head will be spinning.

 

[Yackie]

I assume since you have a prescription, you've already talked to your doctor about it a little?

Also, everyone is different and will react differently to medications, so I can only speak for myself, but I was on it for two years. It worked better for me than Paxil, which made me feel like an emotionless shell of a person. If I missed a dose of Effexor though, it made me feel really weird and I'd get unsettling "brain zaps" as they're called. Sex drive was also down a little (though again, not as bad as with Paxil).

After two years I felt like I could cope with my anxiety without being on medication anymore and decided to slowly taper off of it, after talking to my doctor of course. So I took about a month to slowly ween off of it. I would say, besides the 'brain zaps' when I missed a dose (and a little when tapering off at the end), it really helped me. Hopefully though you can also get to the point where you can manage your anxiety without medication. Good luck.

 

[half a moon]

I assume since you have a prescription, you've already talked to your doctor about it a little?

Also, everyone is different and will react differently to medications, so I can only speak for myself, but I was on it for two years. It worked better for me than Paxil, which made me feel like an emotionless shell of a person. If I missed a dose of Effexor though, it made me feel really weird and I'd get unsettling "brain zaps" as they're called. Sex drive was also down a little (though again, not as bad as with Paxil).

After two years I felt like I could cope with my anxiety without being on medication anymore and decided to slowly taper off of it, after talking to my doctor of course. So I took about a month to slowly ween off of it. I would say, besides the 'brain zaps' when I missed a dose (and a little when tapering off at the end), it really helped me. Hopefully though you can also get to the point where you can manage your anxiety without medication. Good luck.

Yeah I talked to a therapist.

I had the brain zaps with cymbalta a few years ago. Meh, it's impossible not to have side effects. I'm really hesitant even though I've hit rock bottom.

I told myself id consider taking it if atleast 1 person on gaf had a good experience but maybe I should try working out. I'm a bit overweight and I heard effexor makes you gain and that it's hard to loose weight while on it.

 

[Mahzkrieg]

If you're in a rut, drugs tend to just help you cope with the rut.

Surely you've tried to chemically balance your brain by working out and eating healthy for a month?

 

[Kastrioti]

Effexor is legal meth in a pill form. Enjoy being hooked on it for the rest of your life.

There are better ways to handle depression then being dependent on a substance for the rest of your life.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Effexor is legal meth in a pill form. Enjoy being hooked on it for the rest of your life.

There are better ways to handle depression then being dependent on a substance for the rest of your life.

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

I had my friend who was prescribed to the stuff give me about two weeks worth just to see how it would effect me. I felt really fucking weird for those two weeks. My appetite was practically non-existent, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing considering I have been trying to lose a bit of weight; however, after the first few days on the drug, I found it nearly impossible to ejaculate. It may sound awesome, but I assure you that jerking the skin off your cock or fucking your girlfriend raw for several hours straight with no happy ending is anything but awesome.

That said, I'm obviously not the case study for the drug and its side effects seeing as how I only took it for a few weeks. I'm going to assume things become easier after the first month or two?

 

[half a moon]

Do not want legal meth and flaccid penis.

 

[Freshmaker]

Surely you've tried to chemically balance your brain by working out and eating healthy for a month?

That's not a cure all.

 

[Scuba Steve]

Effexor sounds like a male-enhancement pill

 

[olore]

What`s the deal with this picture?

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

What`s the deal with this picture?

Tom Cruise going nuts on Today show about anti-depressants.