Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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crystal555 10/12/2011

please tell me when u started to feel better...when u noticed the medicine really started to work....and plez no bad expierences here...im already nervous enough thanks alot

deleted_user 10/12/2011

Effexor is a unique drug in that it effects you deppending on the dose. It effects you one way at a low dose and another way at a high dose. I have been on Effexor xr for many years so I can't tell you when I got better because I can't remember. The only negative effect I have ever had from anti depressents is a lower sex drive.

crystal555 10/12/2011

ty matthew for ur comment..

anxiouschick 10/14/2011

Effexor worked for me for a LONG time, 4 years, the only reason it stopped is because I STOPPED TAKING IT!! It made me feel so normal that I didn't think I needed it.
It really took a couple months for me (but it's diff for everyone) to start to feel better. But I was doing other stuff too like therapy, excersize, quit coffee, diet change, yoga, meditation, etc.
Whatever you do don't miss a dose....i would get dizzy, but other than that it was a great drug for me. No problem with sex drive either.

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