by rightthere October 22, 2006
Medication created by pharmaceutical companies to hook 'depressive' patients. If the medication is stopped, all hell breaks loose in the body's chemistry. Electric shock sensations, fevers, headaches, dizzyness, insomnia and general "kill me now" feelings are common. Get off it while you can!
"I'd love to talk to you but my brain is frying internally, my legs have decided to take a vacation and my bank balance is low, but I feel great on effexor"
by flashback99 July 03, 2006
An anti-depressant that goes well with THC and whisky. If you try to get off of it once, and if successful, you'll never get on it again!!!! It's the hardest thing to do, getting off of this stuff. It ain't worth it. The withdrawal will put you in bed for weeks, and not sleeping a wink, and freaking out racing thoughts to entertain you while your up. If you have anxiety, or stress, or depression, fix the whole picture, whether that means getting a new job, or start meditating, or try more thc, or something, but stay away from these designer drugs!!!for real!
by low times April 18, 2007
A medication that is used to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. I have been on this medication for two and a half years and it's worked better than any of the other pills I have taken. When you quit taking it you will have terrible withdrawl symptoms and it's nearly impossible to quit.
by You_don't_need_therapy June 26, 2010
Effexor (Venaflaxine) is one of the more hardcore antidepressants out there. Works like magic if nothing else works well or if you have side effects to drugs such as prozac and zoloft. Should work very well. Not addictive, but do not try to stop yourself from taking Effexor immediately as you will have horrid withdrawl effects. I take 225 mg and once I stopped, I felt lightheaded, had brain zaps, horrible nightmares, and had my body twitch uncontrollably from head to toe as if I could feel electrcity running through my nerves, so definatly wean yourself off the drug instead of stopping. Some people are eventually able to live without Effexor, while me on the other hand would be in a consistant low and depressed state even after weaning ourselves off the drug.
Effexor is a good and strong antidepressant, but stopping it immediatly will cause withdrawl symptoms that make you feel possesd by satan, even though the drug js not addictive.
by bequeef September 30, 2018
Going back on Effexor for the 4th or 5th time in about 12 years dealing with some other tough health stuff that effects my mind and well-being.
Works like nothing else.
Can be really great.
The going off brain zap side effects aren't that bad with me.
Maybe a few days and the feeling wasn't that terrible.
Remember or realize that most people who have POSITIVE experiences with meds or things in general
don't often bother too write about them online.
people with negative experiences tend to write a lot more I think.
So, there's a bias there.
Sexual side effects for men yes. Wellbutrin can help. May not be bad if you have PE, can slow you down.
Going off though caused me PE.
Would agree if all else fails and you need it, go for it, IF YOU NEED IT. I did well for almost a year off of it and even did OK through a tough breakup going off of it after 10 years, so you may not necessarily be doomed to be on it forever.
Just try and balance it out and any of this stuff with as much good nutrition and exercise as you can.
Oh, forgot: night sweats on this too, fun..
Meditation and the teachings on the realities of this world we create in our minds, by this guy they called "Awake" 2,500 years ago are very helpful to me.
Be well.
Works like nothing else.
Can be really great.
The going off brain zap side effects aren't that bad with me.
Maybe a few days and the feeling wasn't that terrible.
Remember or realize that most people who have POSITIVE experiences with meds or things in general
don't often bother too write about them online.
people with negative experiences tend to write a lot more I think.
So, there's a bias there.
Sexual side effects for men yes. Wellbutrin can help. May not be bad if you have PE, can slow you down.
Going off though caused me PE.
Would agree if all else fails and you need it, go for it, IF YOU NEED IT. I did well for almost a year off of it and even did OK through a tough breakup going off of it after 10 years, so you may not necessarily be doomed to be on it forever.
Just try and balance it out and any of this stuff with as much good nutrition and exercise as you can.
Oh, forgot: night sweats on this too, fun..
Meditation and the teachings on the realities of this world we create in our minds, by this guy they called "Awake" 2,500 years ago are very helpful to me.
Be well.
by decola August 20, 2013
Effexor (venlafaxine) is an antidepressant structurally unrelated to other antidepressnants. It blocks the re-uptake
of Serotonin and Norepinephrine and Dopamine to a lesser extent. Can be very useful in treating depression and anxiety together. One major downfall is that once this medication is discontinued, you will then suffer hellish withdrawl effects for weeks.
of Serotonin and Norepinephrine and Dopamine to a lesser extent. Can be very useful in treating depression and anxiety together. One major downfall is that once this medication is discontinued, you will then suffer hellish withdrawl effects for weeks.
"I woke up this morning feeling great like I'm ready to take on the world! My Effexor must be working!"
by Jamal March 07, 2005