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Hi, I've had a year of severe depression and have been on venlafaxine 75 for 8 weeks and 150 for 6 weeks. The 75 didn't do a thing but ever since I went to 150 I feel drugged, I can do things that need doing like work but when I sit down I just want to sleep. I'm also on concerta and take Modifanil for tiredness, neither of these are helping. My mood is still low and I have a 'can't be bothered ' attitude to everything
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mido1811 Anne1968
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Anne1968 mido1811
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I think it can cause nausea although I was lucky and didn't get it. I've read on these posts that it can make you feel a bit more depressed in the beginning but it should get better x
mido1811 Anne1968
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susieq68 Anne1968
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Hi Anne, read your thread with interest because you feel how I'm feeling right now, can't get motivated and want to sleep,all the time, my memory is hocking and I can't seem to get myself going at all. My house is a shocking mess and I can't sort it out, feeling more depressed on 150mg venflaflaxine, mood really flat. I have a 7 year who needs me, but even that doesn't push me to do anything, it's hard just to do things for him, he's my focus, but feel exhausted all the time, feel like a crap mother to him.
any advice on how I can increase my mood??!
Anne1968 susieq68
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I went to doctors last week and she said its no good as it's making me too tired. I'm currently at 112.5 and after a couple of bad anxiety days I'm ok. I'll taper really gradually and possibly move onto Prozac eventually. I could have put up with the tiredness (sort of) but after 4 months there was no change in mood.
susieq68 Anne1968
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The only good thing from the drug is that it reduced my physical levels of anxiety, the flight /flight response, but has not Improved my mood levels.
i just go to bed as so tired all the time, it takes so much effort to do anything, go also says I have fibromyalgia, not sure about that??!! I also have got golfers elbow, God knows where that has come from, just know I can't do much physical stuff like I used to do, it's very annoying and makes me feel low.