http://www.medications.com/se/Effexor+XR Recent side effects for Effexor XR Fri, 02 May 2008 17:11:56 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30128 This medication was a life-saver for me when I first started taking it 7 years ago. Unfortunately, every so often it would stop being effective. My Dr. would up the dosage until I was on the highest and could go no future. So I set out to titrate off, whi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30128 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:35:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29105 I was prescribed this medication for mild depression. (it was thought to be post pardum depression) and it did NOTHING!! I might as well been taking a sugar pill. I was very disappointed as this was a newer product at the time and had thought to be pretty http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29105 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:19:58 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28595 I have been taking this drug 75mg everyday for 6 months. at first I was feeling so much better. This past winter I have been sick constantly. I almost never get sick and I have had every virus that has went around. now I am feeling so weird sleep disturban http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28595 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:29:29 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27396 I took 150 mg a day for a little more than five years. I was afraid to stop taking it due to the horrible way you feel just missing one dose! Yes, I gained approximately 30 lbs (and I go to the gym!), my cholesterol went way up, I had horrible nightmares http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27396 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:45:55 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27306 I am so glad I found this site. I thought I must be crazy. My doctor and I are still looking for something I can take for depression and GAD, so he decided I should try Effexor XR. This is an EVIL drug! I only started out on 37.5 mg, but I can't get pa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27306 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:49:51 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27160 I took Effexor XR for 6 months. The first week I couldn't sleep but that was the only side-effect, that is, until I quit. I decided to quit when I noticed that there was no difference in my mood and when I missed a day I would get a strange feeling. "Brain http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27160 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:39:14 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27067 I think that Effexor XR is a poison. I would highly suggest anyone who is considering taking this medication not to. I have been off this medication for a total of five days. I took it for 3 years. Only by the grace of GOD am I totally off of it. I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27067 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:54:10 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26901 Heart racing so much I can hardly breathe. Nausea beyond belief and vomiting, feels like my head will explode, insomnia, nightmares, sweats where I am drenched from head to toe......to name but a few. I'm on this website because my Doctor tells me it's not http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26901 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:22:19 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26872 The Dr. gave me Effexor xr 75mg for my depression and 0.5 mg every 6 hrs of Xanax. Since then he lowered my Effexor xr to 35mg. During that period I gained 20 lbs and now I have excessive sweating constantly at least 5 times a day just as if I was coming http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26872 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:31:59 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26803 I've been on Effexor XR 75mg for 8 months with multiple side effects; headache (feels like the top of my head will blow), stomach pains, constant nausea, excessive sweating, body tremors & a skin rash that started on my chest and has moved to my back, arms http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26803 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:59:15 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26723 I've been on Effexor for at least 6 months. At first it really helped with my depression and anger issues and it sort of curbed my appetite so I was really happy. Then that stopped, I gained at least 20 lbs if not more, I have recently had severe stomach p http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26723 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:10:14 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26558 I was taking 75 mgs daily and still felt nervous, but completely myself. after I told my doctor, she upped my dosage to 150 mgs. for about a month, I felt really weird, and totally disconnected. After a month though, I felt a lot better. I haven't had any http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26558 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:08:01 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26465 I am going on day 4 of stopping my Effexor cold turkey. I was on 300 mg and taking 20 mg of Pexeva. I am stopping cold turkey after being on this medication for three years. The withdrawals are terrible, I don't know why any doctor in their right mind woul http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26465 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:48:42 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26427 I was on Effexor XR for more than three years. Just calling these symptoms "side effects" doesn't seem powerful enough. The saddest thing is, these are normal, will most likely happen to you, and are for the most part, unpleasant. Consider the following be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26427 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:52:47 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/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 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26254 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:49:06 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26102 Started on Effexor XR after trying several other antidepressants. Effexor worked the best for me, and I loved it. But the longer I was on it, the worse things became. I started on 37.5 mg, then up to 75mg. Then to 150mg and then 325. By that time, I was co http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26102 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:34:34 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25435 I have been taking Effexor XR for a year now. When I first started I was taking a 150MG now I am down to 75mg a day. I have experienced a lot of abnormal dreams and usually I am interacting in my dreams. I also have experienced different parts of my body j http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25435 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:59:46 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25401 I was a completely different person on this medication - different temperament, different likes and dislikes, but the worst part was not having any emotions! When I reported still being depressed to my Dr, she just upped the dosage (from 75 to 150mg) and I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25401 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:54:08 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25176 I have been on Effexor XR since May 2007. I started out with lowest dose 37.5mg and then was increased to 75mg in June or July. Since then I have been experiencing weird dreams (vivid), fits of anger, compulsive behavior, suicidal thoughts and tendencies. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25176 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:16:47 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25110 I had trouble with my vision, sweating more than usual, mania and then about 4 days after my dose was increased to 150mg from 75mg I I suffered from blackouts, confusion, suicidal thoughts, suicidal actions which resulted in a stand off with the police. I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25110 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:51:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24774 Incredible excessive sweating! I'll be sitting in a meeting and notice someone looking funny at me and realize sweat is dripping off the ends of my hair onto my shirt. I thought it was just me. I take 150 mg of Effexor XR once per day. I have also gained http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24774 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:03:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24489 excessive sweating day and night http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24489 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:55:13 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24174 major confusion, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24174 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:03:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24018 Brain zaps, tingling in hands and fingers. I take 300 mg, 150mg AM and 150mg PM. Sometimes before I take my PM dose I get the electrical sensation, I call brain zaps in my ears and tingling in my hands and fingers. I have had about a 12 pound weight gai http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24018 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:12:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23825 I'm on the 37mg capsule - If I miss a dosage even one day, that day my symptoms are: severe nausea, emotional mess, foggy brained and completely dysfunctional. I've been taking it for 4 years now (along with Adderall 40mg & Yasmin) and I don't know if it http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23825 Mon, 14 May 2007 11:02:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21567 While on Effexor XR: aggressive disposition Withdrawals: severe dizziness, vivid and unpleasant dreams, sometimes nightmares which were unrelated to anything going on in my life. The dizziness was the worst. I sometimes felt as though I was seeing d http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21567 Thu, 10 May 2007 09:53:54 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21526 profuse sweating http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21526