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I started takin effexor  about 1 month ago. i was pretty wacked out for a bout 2weeks, but now i look forward to everyday, and i don’t really worry about anything, This is all at 37.5 mg. I think it’s making me manic. Has anyone had a response like mine?                                        John Dough

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> I started takin effexor  about 1 month ago. i was pretty wacked out for a > bout 2weeks, but now i look forward to everyday, and i don’t really worry > about anything, This is all at 37.5 mg. I think it’s making me manic. Has > anyone had a response like mine? >                                        John Dough

I had been taking Efexor XR (one ‘f’ in Efexor in Australia for some reason) for two months on 75mg/day with very little effect, except for the side effects at first. About two weeks after my doctor upped the dose to 150mg/day I really am like a new person – feeling amazingly well. I seem to have my life back. Your comment about feeling manic is interesting as I kind of feel that way, wanting to do everything at once to make up for lost opportunities, and I need far less sleep. I dislike taking drugs, but I’ll enjoy this while it lasts. In my case, Efexor does indeed rock!! Kind regards, John

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John, have you had any problems reaching an orgasm on 75mg 3 times a day? That is my only complaint.. curious. Mike in Los Angeles.

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> John, have you had any problems reaching an orgasm on 75mg 3 times a day? That > is my only complaint.. curious. > Mike in Los Angeles.

Hi Mike Yes that is a problem. It occurred almost overnight when I first started taking it but gradually got a bit better. When the dosage was upped to 150mg/day it happened again. It’s slowly getting a little better but as I’m not in a relationship at the moment it’s not too bad. Kind regards, John

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Heck yeah it can make you manic. All AD’s can. I was in my doctors office. There was a med book there for doctors. It said it can throw us into hypomania or mania. Also it can create uncontrollable sucide…just alot of stuff you never hear about I was shocked…and ticked off we are not informed. I am on effexor xr… and I will never go off it. That with my other meds keep me alive. And it’s good to be alive.

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Do you thing when you go on a dose of 37.5×5 effexor xr once a day may have the opposite effect, tiredness? cuz I had 2 weeks of super charge and now I just cant get enough sleep? thx btw its takes a long time now 2 reach an orgasm but when I do its great!!

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It’s been good for me.  I wouldn’t say I’ve been manic, but my energy level is higher and I am jumpy, especially right after I take it.  I will jiggle my legs or feet, etc. It seems to make me sleepy sometimes, and makes it harder to go to sleep sometimes. But it seems to have helped quite a bit. "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea.  If this is tea, please bring me some coffee."                                                            - Abraham Lincoln

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I started takin effexor  about 1 month ago. i was pretty wacked out for a > bout 2weeks, but now i look forward to everyday, and i don’t really worry > about anything, This is all at 37.5 mg. I think it’s making me manic. Has > anyone had a response like mine? >                                        John Dough

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