Posted by pellmell on August 9, 2001, at 7:30:35
In reply to Re: Effexor detachment, i am a ghost » reb, posted by adamie on August 8, 2001, at 22:40:35
> as it is now I look forward to seeing how I am on effexor in the coming weeks. perhaps I will start feeling better soon enough and whatever I am feeling now will just subside or go away. Before I felt apathetic but now a bit less and like I was before the effexor, as in apathy due to depression, not due to meds. but effexor before seemed to add to the existing apathy. but I am not sure exactly what it did. maybe it just made me feel more apathetic while I actually wasn't. take care. I am less worried now. I feel more waitable. I wish I had motivation to do something. all I can do is wait to see the effects.
>adamie,
Effexor's antianxeity effects kicked in for me almost immediately, but it took five full weeks to feel it working on my depression. In those five weeks I felt sort of odd, sort of numb, something like what you're describing. I think it was because I felt like I didn't have any reason *not* to feel anxious (I was still depressed and down on myself), yet I wasn't. It just didn't feel right. I felt calmer, better able to take things, but I didn't feel like I deserved to feel that way. I think you may be feeling detached from your *anxieties about* your fiance, which in your depression you're mistaking for detachment from *her*.
Effexor is working very well for me, and my experience starting it mirrors yours. I'd give it at least five weeks at dose of 150mg or above before you give up on it.
Good luck, and keep in touch.
-pm
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