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| Working-it-out (unregistered) said: |  | User Rating: |
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I am a mum of two. Been depressed in past but felt fine after birth to first baby and the following three years. Developed depression, anxiety, mania after second baby, almost immediately. I am now in hospital (mother and baby unit) with 9 week old daughter. I'm on Effexor XR 375mg and experimentally with Seroquel (too sedating), Abilify (not effective) and now lithium. Effexor is causing mania like symptoms and I have been taking it for 4 weeks. The introduction of another medicine will hopefully counteract this. Overall though Effexor has definitely reduced my lows from a 1/10 to never dipping below 5/10. Fingers crossed I can get out of here and back to normal, soon.
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| October 20, 2009 6:54 PM | ||||||
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I returned to work, after having my second child, at the end of April. By the begining of June everything was falling apart. The job I had worked so hard to attain, my relationship, my friendships...nothing seemed to be going well, my two beautiful boys were the only thing keeping me remotely together. I was asked to take a leave from work. I started with Zoloft - terrible I clenched my teeth all day long! Moved to Cymbalta - all I wanted to do was sleep, with two very active boys naps are just not an option. I started taking Effexor XR two weeks ago now. Love IT!! The only side effect I'm noticing is short term memory loss, but hey my sex drive finally came back!!! YEAH! That alone does help alot with my depression.
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| September 28, 2009 9:07 PM | ||||||
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I started the Effexor XR 7 years ago after dealing with 2 years of postpartum depression. I finally stopped being stubborn and went to the doctor. It started working right away, but believe me don't miss a dose or be late with one when you first start taking them, you body will not like you. I was off of them for many years and was doing well. Recently due to stress I have gone back to my old moody self and having blow ups and am back on them and again working right away. You feel much calmer and once you get through the time of your body getting used to them you are clear headed and happy. Don't let the first few days discourage you.
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