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night sweats, hot flash, panic feeling, fast heart rate, headache...

Posted at 12:52 PM on Jan 12, 2008 by tinyrufus, #26254
night sweats, hot flash, panic feeling, fast heart rate, headache. AND THAT WAS IN ONE DAY! Felt spacey and out of this world. No joke. It started out good then it was like whamo! I took it on Thursday and Thursday night I was in the ER having an EKG done and blood tests done. Even in the hospital, laying in the bed, I had stomach pains, burning in my stomach and my heart started jumping. No heart issues, everything fine. I got severe thirst and anxious. Doc said it was reflux.. Mmmhuh. I only take Synthroid for my thyroid disorder and Prevacid for reflux. (And I don't take it every day) That is it. Friday, woke up feeling like I was drugged, flu like symptoms. Friday was little better, still kind of out of it, like I was coming off a high, kind of down. That night, around 5, I woke up with the heart palpitations and the anxiety and I just had to tell myself to calm down and I went back to bed. Today, my tongue feels funny, dry. And I only took one. I turned the meds back in..... If one day side effects are like that, I am not taking anymore. It is about trust in God!!!
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Reply about 1 year ago on Apr 19, 2008 by connorandcoopersmom, #7448

I've been on Effexor XR for about a year. I had to stop taking the medication when I found out I was pregnant with my second child. It's a bitch to come off this medication . The first time I started taking Effexor XR, I was on it for about 6 months prior to finding out I was pregnant. The only side effect I encountered was dry mouth/thirst. I started taking it again the day after my second child was born. This time around, it seems the side effects have been more prevelant. The night sweats are really bad, and I am a operating room nurse that circulates, so I move around quite a bit on my job, and tend to sweat during the day as well. Thought maybe it might be pre-menopausal, who knows? I will keep taking the medication though, because i'm a totally different person when i'm taking it. Maybe have had some feelings of solomnence as well. Anyone else feel this way?

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