Hi,
I am on day three of this medication. I am aware there are some it doesn't help (and that is the way of medications); also some people dislike it intensly and it is difficult to wean off.
For me, after four years of taking (more than) several for anxiety and depression (I have PTSD) I am trying to be optomistic about this one as it is crucial my mood improves. Some of the meds I have taken were brilliant. One in particular I'd rate as 100% for anxiety but 1% for mood. For this reason (with all the "stuff" going on in my life) I have been assertive with my therapists (psychologist and psychiatrist) and asked for an effective, enduring, high probability of a good outcome med.
Effexor was offered to me thus as a kind of last resort and I'm looking for positive feedback about Effexor from my peers. Are there any pro-Effexor peers here? I'd love to hear particularly about mood brightening successes (if any) :- (
regards
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