Posted by lissy on June 1, 2001, at 8:53:38
In reply to Re: My Effexor Nightmare, posted by Helen Church on May 31, 2001, at 19:54:51
> Hey Sweetie
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> I have just started Effexor, and hearing what you're going through makes me not want to take it. I've been on Zoloft for two years. I have gained 30lbs and have no sex drive left. I didnt gain the weight from over-eating. I didn't want to eat. The sex part?(My boyfriend got up in the middle of lovemaking and told me it was over - "You're not the same anymore" he said.)
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> I don't know what to tell you. I was put on Zoloft for depression and bulimia. I felt good on Zoloft. No longer depressed, didn't need to binge and barf, life coasted by and I had no flare-ups of anger. In return, I got happy, fat, laid back and sexless. Where's the balance?
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> My dear, I just want you to know I'm here for you. I wish I could make you, all of us feel better.
> Helen ChurchIt has been about 7months since I had been off effexor. I too had gained a tremendous amount of weight from being on Paxil first, then gained some more on effexor. I would say it took between 6-8 weeks before I felt back to normal. You should start feeling better w/in a few weeks. I felt horrible withdrawing from it too and my neck would get this horrible stiffness that I could not turn it. I felt like I had the flu all the time and I was very angry and irritable all the time. Just stick w/what you are doing and you will make it. Don't go back on it now, you are almost there!
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