Only been on Effexor 75 mg for 3 days, Doc wants me to up to 150 already

didn’t know about that dose!

Thanks John. I will 

That's what I take and my only side effect is weird dreams xx

Did you have strange dreams

I had very strange dreams in between coming off Prozac & before starting Effexor.   Back then (a few weeks ago) I was having the worst anxiety & only sleeping about 3-4 hours a night, heart pounding, no appetite, diarrhea.  It was hell.  Still not sure if it was "SSRI discontinuation syndrome" or what.   PC doc gave me Buspar but that takes weeks to kick in.  I needed immediate relief & the Buspar made me so sick besides.  I got smart & ditched the PC doc for a psychiatrist who is an expert in this stuff.   I decided to stay on the 75 mg XR for a while.  Called Dcc yesterday to tell her.   She said OK,   Why should I go up to 150 after only 3-4 days on 75?   I'm going to take it slow & see how the 75's work.  It may be all that I need.  It was said by someone on here that Effexor 75's are equal/similar to Prozac 20 mg & that's what I was on for YEARS & was just fine.

So familiar I've been the exact same comin off one antidepressant onto another n the dreams are spool strange n quite frightening sometimes. I was only sleeping 50mins a night sometimes pure n utter hell. Worst anxiety ever n no appetite either exact same as u but now I'm on venlafaxine n doing ok xx

So strange not spool would be interesting too keep in touch xxx

They were going to put mine up too and I said no I'm fine just now xx

Wow yeah same as me.  Let’s keep in touch. Good luck to us! What mg we’re they going to up you to?

Are you on 75 Effexor & how long have u been on it now?

Yes 75mg twice a day and just 4 weeks I noticed a massive difference within 2 weeks xxx

When I phoned receptionist at surgery I think she said the mental health doctor said i could go up too 200 and something and I was like oh ok that's fine but I'm ok just now on the 75mg twice a day so like 150mg. I honestly never thought I was going too get better xxx

Ohhhhhh.  That’s what my Dr wanted me to do starting yesterday.   2 - 75’s a day & I was scared to because I’m leaving for vacation tomorrow.  I’m just on one 75 a day.    I had 2 great days & today not so good. 

Im fine on the 75mg twice a day didn't notice any side effects xxx

Oh good.  Maybe I’ll give it a try 

Hey Karen how are you doing on 75 mgs twice a day?  How long have you been on 150 mgs now?  

I'm doing fine Barbara back at work after being off due too this. I've been on it quite a few weeks now. I was on 37.5mg twice a day then mental health put it up too 75mg twice a day. Xx

Good to hear!! Best of luck to you.    Go to my doc on Tuesday for a check in.  

Good luck Barbara I went through absolute he'll but glad too say I'm now getting there your not alone Barbara. I was told by mental health too stop feeling bad about this illness it's nothing I've done. It's the same if someone was a diabetic they would need medicine too get better I was beating myself up thinking how can I not just be normal like everyone else. But obv people do suffer n now talk a bit more about it xxx

You’re absolutely right. And for me I was trying to work full time & it was soooo hard.   I don’t know why-but I’m so scared to up the dose like my doc wants me to.   To 150 from 75.  Worried about side effects.  This coming Tuesday will be exactly 2 weeks on 75.  Some people on here have said to not jump up to a higher dose right away until o see how 75 works for me. 

I was absolutely fine Barbara in fact I'd say I was much better. But everyone's different so I can only speak for myself. One thing I will say is don't Google things too much thats the mistake i kept making n I know people want too help but everyone's different too how they react on medicine. I would take the advice of the doctors/mental health team that's what I'm doing. Keep in touch xxx

Yes!!  That’s what I’ve been told by my 2 nieces who also are omg Effexor.  They told me to STOP reading things online.  Lol. They said that most people that have horrible experiences are the ones that write comments not so much the ones that are doing great.  Lol.  Yes keep in touch too!