Effexor and depression anxiety

I have been taking Effexor for about a month and a half now and I love it. Things were so awful before I started it. My doctor explained all this to me before I started taking it and said it was a hard drug to tolerate for some but for most it is extremely helpful. There are side effects to ALL MEDICATIONS even tylenol people. So seriously consider what you are about to put into your body. I was never one to take medications before thought I could talk myself out of the depression anxiety attacks , there comes a point where you cant. Good luck you all of you .

I know there are times when people need medication to help them with depression, anxiety, etc. but I really think there are better anti depressants out there. I found effexor HORRIBLE! it was a b**** to get used to, and i was so dizzy, tired, anxious and just felt horrible for a while.
After my body got used to it, it was alright, but trying to get OFF effexor was even worse! i have never experienced anythign like that. I felt SO depressed and anxious and DIZZY and this carried on for about two weeks. I felt trapped. I even took some work off while getting off it because I couldnt' function properly at all. Also, my sex drive went down to zero. I'd defintely reccommend trying out a different anti-depressant than this one.

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Where was I... oh Please.. all of you... INVESTIGATE RECENT RESEARCH INTO OMEGA3...

you will find its a major cause for slow metabolism and depression/anxiety... go get some fish oil suppliments from the local chemis..

Recently a study was done on people admitted to hospital for depression related injurys ... bad so to speak.. 2 lots of 20 people, the first 20 treated with traditional meds 12 remissed back to depression... those treated by raising their Omega3 intake (6g) a day... 1 out of 20 regressed...

I will try to keep you updated how I go.