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Venlafaxine Week 5 ( Return of Anxiety or RLS? )

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So I have been on Venlafaxine 75 mg XR for about 5 weeks now. The first week was of course more anxiety for a few days then they subsided and I was better in week 2-3 . In week 4 more headaches and it was harder to cope but it kinda passed too. Now on week 5 suddenly I get much worse anxiety then even when started and especially at night I get very bad Restless legs, I need to take diazepam to sleep as otherwise it is very hard to even fall asleep. I wonder if anyone had experienced this kind of fluctuations of anxiety and or RLS on Effexor? There is this strange sensation I feel on the right hand side of my head when the medication starts to work and I did feel this a lot before all this started so I have a feeling the drug is still trying to adjust but I need some re-assurance please!

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