Does anyone else suffer from extreme nightsweats while taking Effexor?

So glad I stumbled onto this thread! I have an answer to my dry mouth and severe sweating.
I am on 325mg Effexor. (Half, twice a day)My doctor prescribed it when the Prozac stopped working. I've been on Effexor for 10 years. I started getting horrible dry mouth a few months after starting the drug. I also sweat profusely with the slightest exertion. I don't have the sweating problem at night.
The dry mouth is the WORST though, painful sometimes.
Effexor works so well for me though, I am willing to work with the side effects.
My doctor told me Effexor doesn't last long in the body, even missing one dose can trigger withdrawal. Sometimes I would miss my bedtime dose and wake up in a panic. I make sure to take that night dose now.

I'm on Effexor 225mg, I'm 22 and I have horrible night sweats just like this. Sometimes extremely vivid nightmares and dreams too.

For me, I was able to pinpoint the night sweats as happening when the Effexor is running LOW in my body -- e.g., if I forgot to take it one day, I would have terrible night sweats; or if I took it in the morning earlier than usual, then the following night, I would have milder night sweats when it started to wear off. I switched to taking it right before bed, and that has almost completely eliminated the night sweats for me (except when my schedule is off because of travelling across time zones).

I've been on 450mg of Effexor xr for ten years and I suffer almost nightly from terrible night sweats, this post has helped so much as I didn't know if it was the drug or something else wrong with me. I sweat during the day on my face and head even in winter ! But like so many others have said the drug works so I don't want to change it. I guess I'll just have to keep changing clothes overnight. Does anyone else have extremely vivid dreams just before waking drenched in sweat ? I experience this every night too.

I am taking 225mg effexor and am also waking up during the night fully covered in sweat... very ANNOYING!!! What do we do to fix this?

34 years old. . .

I have them that bad. I freeze my husband out I have the air on and up to three fans blowing in the room. He's hunkered under blankets I mad because I'm still hot..lol
Wish you Luck!!

I have been taking effexor 150 for over 12 years and had the sweating the week before my period. Through a fluke, I started taking Salt Stick Caps because I run in extreme heat and these were recommended. For two months now, I have not sweated at all before my period and unless I am running, I only take one a day at night time. The Salt Stick Caps are electrolyte balancers with calcium, magnesium, chloride, sodium and potassium and antidepressants in general through electrolytes out of balance and can lower any magnesium intake. I want to make no promises because it has only been two months but my ability to tolerate heat, dehydration and other side effects from effexor are much better. I also looked at some reviews and saw positive reviews. I hope they keep working.

I had terrible night sweats on celexa, the same class of drugs. They stopped immediately after cessation of drug.

I never attributed it to Effexor... but come to think of it... I did NOT have these EXTREMELY SEVERE night sweats until a few months after I started on Effexor.
Its miserable. I wake up a few times during sleep dripping, soak & wet clothes, body and bedding. Not just alittle sweaty... TOTALLY dripping, I can actually use towel and it ends up wringing wet.
Is there anything that may control this... I LOVE my Effexor..it changed my life, so I don't really wanna give it up. Anything that will help?? I've tried cooling sheet, no clothes, deodorant applied to EVERYWHERE... nothing works so far. Worried I may have to make a decision between my absolute life saving Effexor and sleep.
and btw, I've tried multiple meds for depression. Effexor is the ONLY one that has ever worked.

I sweat a lot with effexor, especially at night. I wanted to avoid more meds.

I take supplements to help: red clover, flaxseed oil and evening primrose. All found at Walgreens or Wegmans...

Not 100% better, but it helps!

I've been taking Effexor for 9 years and have regular night sweats as intense as you are describing - my body and bed are soaked like I've laid in bed after jumping in the pool and I feel completely dehydrated and weak in the morning because of it. It's gotten increasingly worse over the years and is now so unbearable that I'm going to see my doctor to change my medication asap (hence me also researching the topic of Effexor and night sweats)! Good luck hope you find an alternative that works. Avoid being on it long term if you can too because the withdrawal side effects are horrendous and are the only reason I've continued to take this medication. Brain zaps and the like.

Hey I'm on these but I only get the occasional nightsweats

I am currently on 300mg of effexor prolonged release capsules. I started getting night sweats I think after the 3rd day of being on 75mg. I mentioned this to my psych and he suggested I also start taking Mitrazapine, a different antidepressant that apparently can counter act the side effects of Effexor.
Unfortunately it gave me a very dry mouth the whole day, made me irritable, and then after a few weeks of taking it I developed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. You can google that but basically I woke up gasping for air because during my sleep my airway had closed. This would happen about five or six times the night until I decided just to stay awake. It was particularly terrifying because in my happy dream I was feeling suddenly that I was becoming really weak and all life was fading...
Stopped taking it right away and was able to sleep ok the following night. Still open to any suggestions. The effexor is working well so it'd be annoying to have to change it.

Yes this happened to me when I was upped to a higher dose of effexor. Every night I would have to put a towel over my sheets. It interrupted my sleep. You should try another anti depressant. This won't go away. Good luck.