by Meg on March 6th, 2008

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Has anyone ever taken Effexor? any major side effects? (like weight gain!)

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by Samgie on August 18th, 2009
All I can say is DO NOT take effexor! This is what happened to me and a lot of other people when they were coming off it http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mental-Health/Effexor-XR-withdrawal-symptoms/show/267377
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by blue88 on August 10th, 2008
I'm taking 265mg of the effexor xr, at first I had really bad nausea and couldn't eat, now feel much better, no side effects, its helping my anxiety, ocd and depression. No weight gain.
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by LittleDeadRidingHood is relentless on March 6th, 2008
I took it for about 2 weeks, and I kept feeling like my eye was going to pop out of it's socket. It was very disturbing, so I quit taking it.
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- weird...any weight gain? probably not since it was only 2 weeks... +!
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  by Meg on March 6th, 2008
- No. But I'd rather gain weight than have my eye pop out. It was pretty scary. I'm probably the only one that this happened to, though. I'm just lucky like that. ;)
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  by LittleDeadRidingHood is relentless on March 6th, 2008
- well, as of thursday I started taking it. I think I'm going to stop because it's making me twitch like crazy!
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  by Meg on April 28th, 2008
- Well, that sucks. Maybe you're still adjusting to the meds and it will go away. Ask your doc.
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  by LittleDeadRidingHood is relentless on May 1st, 2008
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by brattpackr on March 6th, 2008
I had never heard them called that - but yeah, thats a pretty good description. and they aren't "bad" per se...just odd.
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- hm, good thing about the weight gain. I was just reading a forum full of unfortunate people that gained 20+ pounds on that stuff...
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by brattpackr on March 6th, 2008
no weight gain - but until my body got used to having it in my system, and this is the only way I can describe it, I got a brain "whoosh" feeling...strangest thing I have ever felt. Like a deja vu in a wind tunnel in your head. It went away after about a month. I actually kinda miss it.
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- er, are those the "brain shivers"? do they feel good or bad?
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  by Meg on March 6th, 2008
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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on March 27th, 2010
yes..weight gain
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