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GIRLS, GIRLS, COME DOWN... DON'T YOU SEE IS A BIRTH CONTROL. LOL. OHH MY GOD. I ALSO EXPERIENCE SIDE EFFECTS RIGHT AWAY. AFTER READING ALL THIS. I JUST CAN ADD THAT IT REALLY WORKS FOR A BIRTH CONTROL WHICH IS THE TARGET OF THIS PRODUCT. IT GIVE YOU NO SEX DRIVE. AND WITH ALL THAT MOODY AND ALL OTHER ONES, JUST MAKE OUR CUPLE STAY AWAY FROM US. SO, I RATHER USE CONDOMS AND EXPERIENCES QUALITY SEX. ACTUALLY MAKE LOVE GIRLS. OR THIS PRODUCT WILL TAKE AWAY OR HAPPINESS, OUR MEN, HEALTH AND MORE IMPORTANT OUR LIVES.
LOVE, GULL.

To make a long story short (I think). Taking Celexa (20 mg) for more than 4 years definitely caused decreased sexual sensations (numbed nerves), though it did change my life. In October Switched to Wellbutrin XL. Withdrawal from Celexa was not easy but Libido is definitely back. Problem is I am angry ALL the time at my husband. In fact, I've been angry almost from the get go from switching to Wellbutrin. I have also been puzzled by slight hair loss in the back of my head at the hairline. I have of late experienced abrupt halts in thought processes and my periods, though I am 45, have suddenly become irregularly. Frankly I didn't realize that Wellbutrin could likely be the cause of these symptoms until I read some of these posts. I really would like to wean off of this drug (was prescribed 300 mg but have taken 150 mg due to feelings of being 'wigged' out on higher dosage - did up the ante for just over a week to see if that would help but didn't seem to matter)...Nevertheless, I really think Wellbutrin is causing me to feel deep resentment toward my husband. This is not a usual emotion for me and it pretty well started immediately after I began taking Wellbutrin. I really could use your opinions(s). IS THE WELLBUTRIN causing the anger??? Did the Celexa simply MASK existing problems??? Is it a combination of both. Is this depression again or am I in the process of slipping back in??? (anger was not a previous symptom of my depression though black clouds, low esteem, doom and gloom and sadness were) Also, aside from anger and sheer resentment, I feel as if I'm spinning my wheels, that I'm in rut and that no matter how I try to move forward, I can't - I really feel lost and am so angry at my husband and see him in such a different way that it is almost to the point of being ridiculous). THANK-YOU so much for your replies.

I am so glad to know it is not just me! I've been on the pill since I was 16. Loestrin for almost two years now. I went on it originally to lessen the length of time I had my period. Each time I had spotting, I've been told it's normal and that it's just my body getting used to it. I found that if I took the pill an hour later then I took it the previous day that I'd start spotting. I felt like I was spotting ALL of the time! or like I was getting my period twice a month at least. I was told that it’s just my body and hormones adjusting.

Over this past summer I actually set timers on my phone and blackberry to take it at 11am every day out of fear of taking it 15 minutes late and starting spotting again. In October I skipped the brown pill week due to a vacation. I thought it was ok to do this. I started to feel depressed, tired all the time, like I was getting sick, I was anxious about my relationships, edgy and completely over emotional- I attributed that to stress at work and maybe just PMS, or again my hormones just adjusting. In November out of fear of getting my period when I shouldn't have it due to the time change, I actually switched the times of my alarms and started taking the pill at 10am. In December after finishing that pack, I actually switched it to noon with the start of my next pack. Then mid-month I started having a lot of spotting.. for over a week before I actually got my period. Again, I figured this was due to my switching times. Since then I haven't changed the times I take it, and I'm not due until Jan 26th and yet I started spotting again this weekend- and still am.

After reading these blogs I'm starting to wonder if EVERYTHING I've been experiencing is due to these pills. I had read an article last week that stated the low dose birth control pills cause a decrease in Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, B12, Magnesium. A Vitamin B6 depletion can inhibit the production of serotonin, which increases a woman's risk of becoming depressed. A magnesium deficiency is associated with insomnia, anxiety and depression. Since reading that article I've been taking a multi vitamin- Woman’s One a day brand, and have felt 200% better emotionally. The article also links taking pills and having an increased risk in cervical cancer and/ or dysplasia cells- Which I’ve had the cells, and had them removed about 6 years ago. I’m also wondering if my levels of Progesterone are low, and that’s why I’ve been spotting so much. These pills contain progestins, which block the action of natural progesterone. Low levels of progesterone are what make you start your period every month.

My appointment with my Dr. isn't until next month, but I will be sure to bring up that article and this blog and get my pills changed. I seriously can’t take this anymore.

My 20 yr old daughter was given Avelox 400mg to take one per day for 7 days for a sinus infection. Two hours after taking the first pill last night she became very drowsy and extremely nauseous and vomited several times. Her heart was racing and she felt unexplained anxiety as if she was having a panic attack, and couldn't sleep most of the night. Why don't doctors think before giving out medications!? Or at least warn the patient of these side effects which appear to be VERY common!

Well Im finishing the second pack now, and I haven't yelled at anyone or tried to kill myself. I was on mircette before which was horrible, but if you're about to start this pill and just trying to get a lil bit of consumer reviews, just remember that most people who are going to write about it are the people who have had problems with it.
I'm pretty sure my weight is the same as before, but now I'm a D cup instead of a B cup, but no soreness... Hope it works out for you, but if it doesn't there's plenty of other ones out there

My husband has been taking Omeprazole for about ten years now. About nine months ago he went in for a endoscopy and the doctor said she wanted to increase the omeprazole of 20mg 2xdaily because of the acid reflux. Several weeks after increasing this drug, my husband began getting very depressed. He losted all interest in our business and started having severe mood swings. He couldn't sleep at night, screaming with cramps in his legs, heart palpitations, blurred vision, ringing in ears, hot flashes, headaches behind the eyes. Some night I thought he was having a heart attack. It only got worse, hallucination began and horrible nightmares. He thought I was putting drugs and poison in his food. and felt like the world was against him. He became very violent toward me because of the hallucinations. We went for a follow up at his doctor and she suggested a psychiatry. Of course, my husband refused because he felt nothing was wrong, it was everyone else with the problem. His attacks got so bad, it was happen everyday, all day. We have two small children and we decided to split up for the children sake. My husband left for a week and when he left he refused to take the Omeprazole. He called me during that week and said he has felt great, he was able to sleep, no anxiety. He said to me if you are not putting drugs in my drink and food..it's got to be the omerprazole.
Of course the doctors said it's not possible...he has been off these pills for 8 days and it's unreal how this symptoms has disappeared. He is still having some side effects and withdraws. I don't know how long this will be in his system but I hope it goes away soon. THIS IS A DEVIL DRUG. He almost took his life and my too over OMEPRAZOLE. My doctor recently wrote this drug for me but I will not take it... We would never know about how serious this little pill for heartburn was if we didn't research it. When you get this drug from the pharmacy, they only list some side effects and not the serious one...How many more people out in the world is dealing with this same problem and not aware of these serious side effect. This almost destroyed our lives. WE NEED TO TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION, SO THESE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT HAVE TO BE LISTED..

I am almost through my first pack of Loestrin 24 Fe and so far not a fan of it. I have tried many pills in the past and they had all made me gain weight. After not being on a pill for a year (and not having a period), my new OBGYN put me on this one to try because she said it didn't have the weight gain affect I had experienced on the other ones. On my second week of this pill, my breasts were very tender, I had cramping and started to spot daily. I also noticed that I am having trouble with my contacts and eyes and I am getting sun spots on my face. I am not sure if those last two are related to the pill or not. Has anyone else had any of these symptoms? Since I started spotting it has increasingly gotten heavier to where I have to wear a tampon daily and I am supposed to get my actual period on Wed/Thurs. of this week. So right now I feel like I have been on my period for a week and a half already. Is anyone else experiencing this? Please email me and let me know ******

I have always been afraid of birth control pills (weight gain, hormonal stuff) so I got the Mirena. I had it removed about 6 months ago after having it for the full 5 years and LOVED it!!! I thought I'd try the pill since so many people say that it's good. But then I got online and read some of the issues with the pill. Scared me to death, everyone on the site gave horror stories about it. I decided to go online and look up Mirena (which I loved) and see if people had horror stories with it too, and yes they do. I think everyones body is just different and what works for one person doesn't work for another. I never had any of the symptoms mentioned on this site except one: no periods. Wahoo! That's a good thing. If you are completely freaked out after reading the posts, read mine. I love. love, love the Mirena. Had no troubles with it at all. There are women out there who have it and love it. Me and my 3 sisters to name a few.

When a class action lawsuit is filed, let me know....this drug should be taken of off the market immediately. We started all of this with an OB/GYN that prescribed this “miracle pill” and now have had to go not only to our primary doctor, but also a psychiatrist, gastrenologist, college campus counselors, psychologists, psychiatrist, and the campus medical doctors; All the while, accumulating enormous doctor bills. All the doctors say, "No, Yasmin won't cause those problems" (except the college campus doctors..wonder why? Hmm.. could it be that they are not in private practice?)....well, I beg to differ. Everyone needs to give this website to their doctor so the doctors can hear from the patients that have taken this drug, and not listen to the pharmaceutical companies that are pushing this drug to be the "miracle pill". Maybe if enough people complain and go to the media, we can get rid of this drug!
My daughter who is 18 was put on Yasmin because of irregular periods, hormonal imbalance, etc. We were told it was the new “miracle pill”. It will make you loose weight, regulate your periods, clear up acne, you name it, it will fix it. Yeah, right.
She started taking this pill in March 2007. She was off at college but called to tell me she was experiencing horrible headaches, behind the eyes. She complained about her stomach hurting, but we just figured it was the stress of freshman year at college. Then she said she got where she couldn’t eat when she went to a restaurant. When she came home in May for the summer, I noticed a total personality change. For example, she was always a neat freak, and now she wouldn’t clean her room. The first day when she drove home, she started crying she was so mad about the traffic. Yes, she has always had a little road rage, but this was ridiculous.
By June, not only could she not be in crowds, like at a restaurant, but now she is having full blown panic attacks and IBS. We called the OBGYN and they said, “Yasmin won’t cause this, go see your primary doctor”. I knew that the only thing that had changed with her was taking the YASMINE. I knew it had something to do with all of this so I “Googled Yasmin” and this website (http://www.medications.com/se/yasmin) was the first one I looked at. All of her symptoms matched everyone else’s! I am so glad we found this website, it explained everything and I had her to stop Yasmin immediately.
So we went to the primary doctor, explained about the Yasmin and how we thought it was the culprit of everything. Of course this doctor also says, “Yasmin won’t cause that”. We told him to look it up on the internet and see how there are over 3000 complaints on this drug, more than any of the other drugs on the market.
Besides the emotional problems she starting having, her pulse and blood pressure was sky high, so he puts her on medicine for that, and puts her on an anxiety medicine and sends her to a psychiatrist. She is very thirsty all the time, and develops IBS. She can’t eat without having pains in her stomach. So, now we’ve have gone from having just irregular periods, to all of the above, plus a psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist doubles her medicine (and puts her Pamine for the IBS) because the panic attacks are gone, but she still is having a lot of nervousness, anxiety, can’t sleep at night, crazy thoughts, worrying all the time, etc. A month later he changes her medicine again, to Effexor. The first 2 weeks, she does okay, but the packet doubles the strength after 2 weeks. It takes 4 weeks for it to take full effect. Right after she doubles this medicine, it is like her senses are on hyper-mode. She can taste everything that is in her food (chili powder, seasonings, etc…), taste the metal in water, and she can hear someone’s phone vibrating, in another room.
Then she goes back to college at the end of August 2007, and it’s horrible. The Effexor is having bad, bad side effects. We called the psychiatrist that she was using at home and he doubled the dose. That was the worse thing they could’ve done. The side effects were worse than ever. I had her to immediately go to a psychiatrist on campus. She told him the whole story and he believed her! Needless to say we switched doctors. He then lowered her dose back down to ½ a dose and hopefully can slowly get her off of all this medicine.
The newest thing she has developed is being hypoglycemic. The campus psychiatrist sent her to a campus medical doctor and he told her that they would get to the bottom of this. He tested her for everything under the sun. Low blood sugar is the only thing they found. But, she hasn’t taken the Yasmin since May. No telling what the results would have came back like if it was done at the time she was taking Yasmin.
Thank goodness she has counselors and doctors there at the campus that believes that Yasmin can cause all of these problems, and are working with her. From what I have read from the people that have used this medicine, although most doctors do not agree, Yasmin takes like 6 months to get out of your system. I think I am going to believe the testimonials of the people who take this medicine, over a doctor who prescribes it.
If everyone goes to the media, their doctors, the FDA, congressmen, and make them aware of these horrible effects, surely we can get this drug off of the market! Does anyone know a class action lawyer that would pursue this? For my child to have to go through all of this is ridiculous, not to mention costly. What do we know of the long term effects this drug will have if it is doing all of this when you first start taking it?
If you have the same concerns as me about this drug, and would be interested in looking into a class action lawsuit, please email: ****** I would be interested to see how many would want to pursue this.

Alright. So I've posted on here before and I had some negative things to say. Well, I just finished my fifth month of Femcon and I'm starting to like it now. I had never taken any birth control before, so I knew my body would need to adjust to it. The breakthrough bleeding I experienced in the first few months SUCKED. And I had my doubts on whether it would get better or not. But this month I had no breakthrough bleeding and my period is pretty light, or lighter than normal anyways. Only side effect I've noticed other than what I already mentioned, was I've been way more emotional than normal. I cry a lot. And I've had very slight tingling feelings in certain parts of my body, like my arms and legs. Very slight though. But yeah, I like it now. Hopefully it stays that way. If not, I'll be back on here ranting about how terrible it is. I promise that.

I like it so far... but it's only been 4 days. Does anyone have anything positive to say to get my hopes up? I've tried ovcon35 and ortho-low and both made me really naucious from the start but this one only a little bit. I also lost weight on the other ones because I was always naucious and didn't eat but my appetite so far seems normal. I feel slightly lethargic but that's minor to me. My breasts feel a little tender but I'm an A so if it makes me a B I'll take the pain! haha...... I'll post again in a month once it's been in my system awhile.

I started topamax on Tuesday for bipolar disorder. My pdoc started me on 50 mg and I took one in the am and got really sleepy so I cut back to 25 mg at night and went back to 50 mg on the weekend. I was surprised to feel the effects the first day. I thought I had gotten a flat pepsi at lunch and then realized that my tastes had already been effected. I got the tingly hands and have noticed that my leg muscles have been twitching some. The very first day I felt like I was in a fog and I definitely don't want to feel dumb. I'm hoping that cutting back and titrating up more slowly, as well as taking the medicine at night will help. The side effects I can stand as I withstood 6 months on Accutane for acne which was waaayyy worse.

i've been on ambein for5 yrs and i have no side affects it really helped me noe i can sleep and when i ake i feel very refreshed

I began with a flu three weeks ago. Though was over the most severe
of the flu symptoms, I still felt sluggish after one week. I had headaches, still tired and thought I needed to check my hormones. ( I am 60 year old woman on homone replacement.) My doctor thought I might be having anallergic reaction to juniper and decided I should try
Singulair.

Last week I reported back, this is after one week on this drug. Now I thoughtI was having heart attacks, I was extremely fatigued(much worse), I was feeling anxious, wired, going from A to Z without a pause, my
body hurt and I couldn't think. I have a high level professional job that requires me to be on and I could not go to work. I love what I do by the
way. My doctor wondered if I was depressed or having manic attacks because I seemed "wired" to him. He ordered a test on nuerotransmitters and a heart exam. Now one week later I am unchanged or perhaps even worse, still not working and waiting for my tests.

However, this psychological twist that the doctor introduced has been bothering me. I did the depression drill ten years ago. It took me four
years to get rid of all the different drug options everyone subscribed and
have not been on any mood drug for the last four years. I am happy and not depressed, just having heart attack symptoms, fatigue, headaches, feelings of dread, anxiety, etc etc I am also very knowledgement and sophisticated regarding intended, curious and side effects of brain drugs. I began to think and the only new thing was this
drug.

The only new thing was this drug, I began to ask around my friends and the responses from everyone were immediate. This drug is terrible, the symptoms I have and other ones I just read are commonplace. Those
that hadn't tried it were curious to know my thoughts as they had heard
that it was very good for allergies but had side effects.

I am stopping this pill immediately, waiting on my tests, and will report
back to you how I feel within a few days.

tommy,
My experiences taking lisinopril convince me that my immune system was hurt by the drug. In trying to clear out the cough, my immune system used up my body's stores of zinc and selenium, which weakend my immune system, let the cough get worse, and also caused other problems since zinc and selenium are used for other functions too (like thyroid system) and those then suffer too.

For your dad, you might consider getting off the lisinopril, and, taking extra zinc, selenium, vit-c, vit-e, vit-b, and, bioflavinoids and betaglucan. I personally have found zinc & selenium very helpful with clearing up my lungs - these minerals are key to the functioning of the immune system. Also vit-c and vit-e are good for healing. Bioflavinoids are good for certain kinds of sores. And betaglucan stimulates the immune system. (If you beef up with these minerals for an extended time, you might also consider beefing up all the other ones too somewhat to avoid imbalances.) These things helped me a lot, I hope something in the list helps your dad.

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A decrease/change in vaginal lubrication is a change with oral-contraceptives. See a couple of entries below your entry on side effects of Yasmin. Many women have complained of loss of libido on Yasmin. Given how many other problems women here and on the new site in the UK have experienced, I cannot reccommend Yasmin or its sister pill Yaz at all as they have created very serious problems for many women including myself. I personally would recommend getting off it and finding a more traditional pill, or off the hormones altogether if you can and practice a more natural/non-hormonal method.

Yasmin generally helps women with acne which it did with me so you are experiencing sounds unusual. Another reason on top of many others to get off of it.

Look 2-3 entries below your entry and read the insert that comes with Yasmin-if you are experiencing chills and fever like symptoms-you should contact your Doctor immediately. This is not normal. Many women have had this happen actually-Yasmin and Yaz have some terrible life threatening and very serious health effects.

So, I'd say get off of it. Check the U.K site Flowerbabies set up. you'll see what kinds of problems Yasmin is creating.

I have been on Yasmin for a little less then a month. Since I have been on it my husband and I haven't not had sex, not once!! Before Yasmin we had a great sex life and now it's like, what's sex?? I have pimples the size of dimes that are nasty and I break out all the time. I gained probably about five pounds in less then a month. I get cold chills and fever-like symptoms and I really hate it so far. My husband just hates that we never have sex anymore. Is loss of sex drive one of the symptoms? I was reading about it and I guess my other ones are normal, but I read nothing about loss of sex drive. I'm 20 and a newly wed...I should want i should want to do it every day!!

I have been on Yasmin for a little less then a month. Since I have been on it my husband and I haven't not had sex, not once!! Before Yasmin we had a great sex life and now it's like, what's sex?? I have pimples the size of dimes that are nasty and I break out all the time. I gained probably about five pounds in less then a month. I get cold chills and fever-like symptoms and I really hate it so far. My husband just hates that we never have sex anymore. Is loss of sex drive one of the symptoms? I was reading about it and I guess my other ones are normal, but I read nothing about loss of sex drive. I'm 20 and a newly wed...I should want i should want to do it every day!!

I just got it yesterday but after reading this I won't take it. I wanted it to lose some water.

A GREAT blood pressure pill that I started on after four other ones gave me bad side effects, is Clonidine. My father has been taking it fr 50 years. He started as a newbie in the Army. I told my doctor I wanted to try it. She said that it would make me sleepy, so I went to another doctor and he put me on 0.1 ML, the lowest dose - and that if it made me sleepy - then to take it at night. It is great.

Clonidine treats all kinds of things but is great for lowering BP.

I was prescribed Yasmin almost 4 years ago after complaining to my Gyn about side effects of all the other pills i'd tried in the past (and the Depo shot, which was awful). She said women who have trouble with other ones, sometimes do well on Yasmin. For a couple years, I loved this pill, and experienced only one side-effect: loss of body hair (I was excessively hairy and this was a plus for me). However, over the past couple years, I have gained some weight and have developed some other issues. I'm not sure if they're all attributed to Yasmin, but here they are: extreme motion sickness and dizzyness, heart palpitations, periods of shortness of breath, intolerance for fatty foods, trouble sleeping and once when i started taking glucosamine for my joints (I'm a runner) I developed severe leg and muscle cramps and extreme thirst... perhaps messed up potassium levels? I'm curious if anyone else has had these problems, especially the motion sickness, which has become a serious problem for me.

I was on Yasmin a few years back and didnt seem to have any noted problems. At the time, I had extremely long hair. Past my butt, about mid-thigh. I began losing tons of hair. At the time, I had no clue as to why I was losing my hair. Me and my husband assumed that my hair had just reached a length that my scalp could no longer handle. I went and got my first haircut in 15 years!! I got it cut to about bra-strap length. Then shortly thereafter, my insurance stopped covering Yasmin so I was forched to switch. The hairloss stopped. I never thought twice about it. I assumed the haircut put an end to the hairloss. Until recently. I have never been able to take the higher estrogen birth control pills due to migraines. Only Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, Lowestrin, Yasmin, and Ortho Micronor. Most recently, I had been taking Ortho Micronor due to breastfeeding my son. At my recent annual, my doctor wanted me to get off the Ortho Micronor because he said its not as effective as the other ones and he only had me on it because I had been breastfeeding. Now that I was no longer breastfeeding, he wanted me off it. He was going to put me on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, but I specifically asked for Yasmin because I remember how nice it made my skin and figure. I have been on it for 16 days now and have noticed constipation, weight gain, and most predominantly...major hair loss. I took a shower and washed my hair the other day and noticed clumps falling out as I was rinsing. Then while I was brushing it after I got out, I cleaned a hairball the size of my fist out of my hairbrush afterwards. I still didn't put two and two together. I got online only to look up if the constipation was a side effect of the Yasmin cuz I dont remember having constipation the last time I was on it. Thats when I found that other women were having hairloss from Yasmin. Then I remembered the last time I suffered this type of hair loss, and it was indeed, the last time I was on the Yasmin. Even though I dont recall constipation or weight gain with the Yasmin last time, I definately notice it now. I've gained 4 pounds in 16 days. This really upsets me since I recently lost 26 pounds. So, Im calling my doctor today and tell him I dont care if the Ortho Micronor is less effective because I prefer to keep my hair and not become a whale =)

I had tremendous probelmes with every pill I tried. Yasmin was the last one and it did an even bigger number on my than the other ones. In addition to thinking I had a yeast infection for 3 years, which I did not, Yasmin made my cholesterol jump up to 264!! I was very active at the time I was on Yasmin and did not have horrendous eating habits by any means. I stopped taking Yasmin after I received the cholesterol results and within 3 months my cholesterol had dropped to 189. I had not changed my eating habits, but I had become LESS active. It is also a diuretic, which would explain a lot of the stomach and bowel issues noted below. I would not recommend this pill.

Like many people I have seen online, I have broken out in large, itchy hives 3-4 weeks into starting on Wellbutrin. I am really bummed becasue I love the drug and it is the 1st one I have been on that hasnt effected my libido (the reason I stopped the other ones). Please, someone out there tell me these go away and I dont have to stop taking it and jump to yet ANOTHER antidepressant??? I am willing to wait a few weeks if thats what it takes!

I was very interested to find this site and the information people have provided. I think that almost any information found on the internet must be taken with a grain of salt: A particular car may receive rave reviews from several owners, while the same one is bashed as the worst vehicle possible by others. There are web sites that show "proof" that we never went to the moon, and other ones which have been set up to debunk them. As such, I hope that everyone will decide for themselves whether Levaquin is good or bad for them. As for me......

I had a script for Levaquin, given to me for a previous upper respiratory infection. At that time, I was able to beat it on my own without the meds. Over this past weekend, I developed a sinus infection *and* an upper resp. infection, and decided to employ the Levaquin (500 mg).

Monday night, I had very little in the way of side effects. Some slight muscular pain, mild chills/sweats, and restlessness, all of which could be attributed to the fact that I just generally felt bad. Last night, however, I took the second dose, and within about two hours, it felt as if somone had sucked every bit of moisture from my joints. Stretching alleviated some of the discomfort, and I was able to get to sleep, which did bring some pretty strange dreams.

Based on these symptoms (and after reading others' experiences), I'm going to cease the Levaquin, and see how things progress.... a "better safe than sorry" approach. If the infections don't subside, then I suppose it's off to the doc for an alternate solution.

Thanks again to everyone for posting your experiences, both good and bad.

i have actually been on effexor for 3 years i have no appetite but have never lost any weight , i cannot sleep at nights i was up until 7 clock this morning i did not realize how many side effects there are and i am lucky that my doctor is taking me off them and putting me on a different tablet, the first night i cut down on my effexor and took the other ones i slept for the first time all night however that only lasted one night and i have been up every night since then , i am on a lower dose of effexor but i quess it will be some time before i will see the results , it has completly changed my life as i sometimes sleep all day i feel like i have some kind of sleeping sickness through the day as i cannot stay awake , i was told to take effexor at night so it is no wonder i could not sleep , i am suffering extreme pain every day not due to the effexor at least i dont think it is i am no morphine sulphate tablets and medicine i feel like a walking wreck i am not sure how much it is due to the effexor as i am on so many tablets it would be hard to say it was that alone. i itch all day long and i do not feel i have had any benifit at all from the effexor tablets

I have been on Celexa for over 2yrs now. I have gained some weight due to my sweet cravings. I also noticed the sweats but I attribute that to peri-menapause symptoms.
I have never had a decrease in my sex drive as a symptom, however; I did experience decrease in sex drive as a side effect in 4 different types of anti depressants I have been on in the past such as paxil, welburton, elliville, and zoloft.
This is the best one that has worked for me with the least side effects. ON the other ones I also had terrible nightmares.