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How many people are taking Effexor for anxiety? This is my 4th week on 225 mg and I'm finding it very stimulating/activating e.g I feel very shaky, jittery, nauseous and nervous... not the way I want to feel when I'm trying to treat anxiety 😞
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michael37584 monna93589
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I've been on venlafaxine for 18 years + give it time you will be fine regards Michael
patricia85842 michael37584
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Hi Michael
What dose are you on? I too have been on Venlafaxine for about 17 years. I started on 75 mg then 150 mg with 15 Mirtazapine. Then I was increased to 225 mg. However I have seen another doctor because I have had quite a few falls. She has put me back to 150 mg as she thinks the high dose could be something to do with the falls. Also I have high BP and she also said Ven isn't good with that I know I read it somewhere.
I just wondered if you are on a high dose and how you are on Ven
Pat
monna93589 michael37584
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Hi Michael,
so you dont find it weird that i'm so bad 4 weeks in on an increase?
can you tell me your story, please?
michael37584 patricia85842
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hi pat I was on 225 ven and 50 mert . I have stopped the mert now and I am on 150 ven only . it's only been 2 days so see how things go . I wish I was off it altogether pat . best wishes Mike
michael37584 monna93589
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many years ago in 2000 I lost my business . which my late father and I built up . in 2003 I lost my wife to cancer . and in 2004 my son suffered a massive heart attack and passed away . that's a very short description of what turned me into a nervous wreck . a nervous breakdown. and a 6 week spell in hospital . that is when all my deppres ion. started and 18 years on I'm still that nervous wreck of a man ...
monna93589 michael37584
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i'm so sorry to hear ❤️ So venlafaxine didn't help?
patricia85842 michael37584
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Oh Michael what an awful time you have had. No wonder you got depression ! There is no reason for me to be depressed. I sometimes wish there were as then I could understand why I still feel off after all these years.
michael37584 patricia85842
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thank you God bless x
stephanie23782 monna93589
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Hey, not sure I can offer much advice but can certainly sympathise! I was started on 75mg of venlafaxine 3 weeks ago for anxiety and depression, and I felt incredibly restless and jittery the first week, constantly feeling like I'd had way too much coffee. Nausea was bad for me too but that went away after a week (still got no appetite though). The energy rush and jittery caffeinated feeling I had went away after the first week too, but I'm still feeling very restless and irritable and bored of everything, even things I usually enjoy.
From what I've read, it's definitely worth sticking with it, hard as it is. So many people say that this is a really effective drug, and I've heard people say it took as much as 10 weeks to feel the benefit. I'm not giving up until I'm 100% sure that it isn't working, because I don't want to be back to how I was and wondering 'what if I stuck with it just a bit longer?'
Good luck, I hope you start feeling better soon! xx
monna93589 stephanie23782
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dear stephanie,
has it heloed you in any way and what are you taking it for, please?
lynn67615 stephanie23782
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this is my second day moving up from 37.5 to 75. for anxiety. how long after raising the dose does anxiety get less
Tbs1970 lynn67615
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Hi Lynn
How long did it take for u to start feeling better from going from 37.5 to75?
i am 2 weeks in that raised dose and am feeling extremely tired and anxious in the mornings still
duncan38855 Tbs1970
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6-8 weeks is what i've heard
duncan38855 stephanie23782
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Stephanie, are you tired at all after that jittery feeling ended? I'm scared that i will get super tired when my body adapts to the medicine (i have that jittery feeling all the time now). Thankyou and best of luck!
duncan38855 monna93589
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I've been on 150mg for 5 weeks and the last week i am very jittery 24/7 with anxiety, my mood has been elevated quite a bit though and i really hope it stays that way, hopefully my anxiety will go away in a few weeks! Good luck to you!