My experiences after being on it for a little over a year.

Effexor has given me a second lease on life, I am able to be free from the feelings I had without it. Please read my profile to see my back ground and battles.

Effexor has been great for me. Side effects I have and still do experience are; Vivid dreams some pretty good mind you and some bad ones that are intense, night sweats. Sexual stuff is not minimized at all aside from the first little while on it week or so, but you'll get back there. I have found that Effexor does increase cravings for alcohol, so be careful and drink responsibly (for God's sake don't drive after drinking).

Effexor did give me back my confidence in myself and the ability to live my life better than before freeing me of the darkness if depression and anxiety. I honestly believe I would not be as successful as I am now with out it.

The best part, NO one needs to know that this is your little secret. Hey, some people need pills for there heart/blood pressure, arthritis, back pain, acid reflux, heartburn, chronic flatulence, and all else.

So we got this...

No the makers of Effexor have not paid or benefited me to write this in any way shape or form, this is just my experience in this specific medication.

I am currently taking 150 Mg/day.

Cheers

The Light,
Effexor helped me also. It was the first med that actually didn't make me more depressed.
In July 07, I weaned myself off of it, but I'm happy that I used it.
I'm glad your doing good!
Doug

It is a wonderful drug...I was on it beginning of 2007, but couldn't afford it (even with insurance). Since then, I've switched meds. at least 5 times. I'm trying Wellbutrin...we'll see how that pans out.

It's great to see great stories like yours!

I'm on it two. Its the only one that helps me.

effexor got me off alcohol altogether(that was a good thing as i used to drink way too much).i am off it now but i am not sorry i took it for 6 months as it ,how can i put this,'cleared my head' and allowed me to stop thinking negative things all the time,and i have found that that time has allowed me to re-train my brain to an extent.

i also liked the dreams i had on it,they helped me to understand alot about myself(with alot of help from the wonderful Trace82 ) .

i had to come off it in the end though as i was starting to feel numb,it was good not to get angry or paranoid or anxious,but i wasnt able to feel happy,or cry when i needed to,or get annoyed when i needed to.i dont know if things would have been any different on a higher dose than 150mg but my doc wasnt allowed to precribe any more than that.so i tapered off and am back on prozac now,and doing ok.

im glad i was on effexor for that time though as it gave me the help i needed then.

hi,

efexor works well with my other meds although i find the tremors it causes can be "irritating" at times. beside that i do have less stress and symptoms than i did when i was only taking an ssri med.

hope this helps

I've never had vivid dreams on effexor. Hmm.

I hadn't had a single dream (that I can recall) since starting on Effexor until this morning. It wasn't particularly vivid, but it was a dream at least.

I still can't cry, or get angry and I seem to have lost motivation to do anything I don't have to do. I haven't picked up my guitar since I started this drug. I'm hoping this will pass soon.

Since starting venlafaxine, my dreams have become so vivid, realistic and intricantly-plotted, I get them confused with reality. I'll discuss movies or books with people before realising that they don't exist, except as a product of my sleeping brain. It gets quite embarrassing sometimes - I once dreamt my friend from school was getting divorced and sent her a supportive text, thinking it had actually happened. oops!