Should I even try this venlafaxine?

Hi, I'm a (young) lol 43, Bipolar, and I am taking 300mg of venlafaxine and it has been a great drug for energy and lifting me out of depression. I have seen no side effects (miracle) with the drug and I'd certainly give it a try!

Good Luck,

Christian

I've been on venlafaxine for 10 yrs. It has helped me alot and I have only a dry mouth from it. Since the celexa isn't helping you it makes sense to do what your dr said.

i take 225mg of veneflaxine for about a year and im slowly getting better along with the help of a therapist. so it is worth a try

Hi, lanay. Here's vote #3 for venlafaxine. I've been on it for several years and it's helped me SO much and no side effects. It's sure worth a try. I'm also a member of the "used to get beat up" club. I'm glad you got out of that scene! Best wishes, WC

You might want to try a different anti-depressant first since some people have great difficulty getting off of it. I myself have been on Effexor for the past 7 years and it has helped me like no other anti-depressant has. I've gone off of it twice without major problems--doing it very gradually. And 3 other friends went off of it without any problems. The Effexor even helped me when I got severely depressed from terrible pain and no quality of life. I didn't think that ANY medication could help with a situational problem which drives significant numbers of people to suicide. But just increasing the dose of Effexor completely took away my depression within a month. So I can't say enough great things about the medication and will have to stay on it for the rest of my life. Very few side effects.

I am also an epileptic for forty years now I have been told that being on phenobarbital is not a good thing it tends to mess with the brain and confuse you so i'm on tegretol (for my petites) and it works great (yes i still have 1 or 2 petites in the morning but it works the rest of the day) I use to take dilantin For my grandmals but my body wouldnt except it anymore and i was put on Depakote (1 in the morning and 1 at night 500MG) not many Doctors know about this med. from my exsperiance but this 1 med saved my life i stopped breathing 3 times while going into 5 grandmals in1 day. Depakote is the main med i suggest everyone with epilepsy talk to their doctor about to see if it's right for you. I have been Grandmal seisure free for 6 years now and plan to keep it that way. yes i still have the petites from time to time but i can do my daily activies on a daily bases. hope this helped.