effexor urination

I started on Effexor 5 wks ago and was having trouble urinating and have ejaculation pain. Stopped the Efxxor after 3wks and went to Celexa. Have been on for 2wks and still have the problem. Has anyone had to strain to actually get the urine started were now i have straining pain in my groin. Plus delayed ejaculation?

Does effexor have anything to do with making it difficult to urinate? I"ve only been on it abot ten days now and have noticed I've been having a hard time urinating and I didn't before I started the med. Couldn't it be the Effexor? Please someone answer me because I'm extremely frustrated!!!! Thank you!

Hi! I'm 23 and have had hyper- and hypothryoidism briefly as a teenager. It's been normal ever since. I had a baby a year ago via Caeserean section and ever since have had all sorts of issues. I was diagnosed with IBS, put on an antidepressant and Bentyl. Had severe side effects that sent me to the ER. After havin panic attacks they put me briefly on Effexor which I also didn't react well to. This has all happened over a period of 9 months+.

I switched from effexor to wellbutrin. I had to be on both medications at the same time for a long time because of the effexor withdrawal... it was so hard to come off the effexor, I was at the lowest dose for a very long time, 25mg, because I couldn't get off of it the withdrawal symptoms were too bad for me.

Effexor is a very effective antidepressant. Many find SNRI's such as Effexor to be more effective than SSRI's such as Citalopram. Another alternative that I have found even more effective is Pristiq. It is made by the same company that makes Effexor and is almost identical in every way. I found relief with Effexor for several years, but now that I am taking Pristiq I have found it to be even more effective than Effexor.

in the case of Effexor (Venlafaxine) it is ok to start most SSRI meds (Including Paxil) without first tapering down on the Effexor. In fact many people take Effexor along with an SSRI med as part of their treatment. Effexor is different enough from Paxil that the odds of an adverse interaction is very uncommon. Now you would not be able to do the same with another SSRI like Zoloft, Lexapro, Prozac, ect.

I started taking 150mg of effexor last week, but now i'm feeling bad. Do I need a larger dose or smaller dose? Getting very frustrated. Have also just went from taking cymbalta and abilify to the effexor and abilify, but went off the abilify because of the weight gain. Dr wanted me to try wellbutrin and go off the effexor, but don't think it was working. Now I'm really confused on what works. For a couple days of being off the wellbutrin and on 150 of effexor i fealt great.

effexor has been great for me. dont get scared off by side effects.

When I went from Celexa to Effexor gained 30 pounds. I have finally got off of Effexor, which is very hard to get off. I'm now on Zoloft and the weight is slowly coming off.

What is the difference between Effexor and Effexor XR? Are the dosages usually the same for both meds?

Effexor and Zoloft are two different meds. Yes, I think it would have helped if her Dr would have weaned her off the Effexor. What she's going through is withdrawal from the Effexor. Can she ask her Dr if he has any samples of the Effexor so she can wean off of it? I'm really not sure if she can take these two meds together or not. She may have to wean and then go on the Zoloft.

been to my docs today to tell him the effexor are not working for me i'm not feeling the happy effect from them at all so hes given me fluoxetine (prozac) to take from monday as hes said from today take 75mg effexor every other day till sunday. but still carry on with my 15mg mirtazapine at night. i feel i should take both effexor and prozac together and my mirtazapine at night for at least 2 weeks then come off the effexor. what does anybody else think?

Today, he switched me from Effexor to Celexa, which is good because I was never completely happy with Effexor anyway. However, he said that I can stop the Effexor cold turkey and go straight to the Celexa. Is this correct? I always thought you had to taper off Effexor, and I know how badly it affects me if I even miss a single dose. I took my "last" Effexor today, and am supposed to replace it completely with the Celexa tomorrow. Is that advisable?

hi do u think that the prozac (snri) may not help or even not work as it's an snri and not a ssri like the effexor. what is the best ssri to have a try if the effexor didn't work for me. why would my doctor swtich me from an ssri to an snri if he knows it may not help with my anxiety. iv never been depressed just had a panic attack in 2008 which caused me to have sleep problems.and thats when i was put on an anti depressant which sum people think they shouldn't have done.

has me taking my wellbutrin 150 mg once every 3 days and had me take 1 37.5 mg of the effexor for 5 days and no more effexor just wellbutrin. I am feeling tired, nausea and headaches I asume due to no effexor. Should I have been prescribed the effexor diffrently?

Not true that people find Effexor more effective. They all affect each individual differently. Effexor tends to have far more side effects than Zoloft, and is known to be much more difficult to quit. On the other hand, are you sure Zoloft is any safer during pregnancy? Whatever the case, you'll have to taper very carefully off Effexor before you start Zoloft so you can tell which is a side effect of Zoloft and which is a withdrawal effect of Effexor.

My wife has been taking Effexor for 6 years. I'm not sure of the strength, but let's call it a medium dose. Pervious to Effexor, she had been on Paxil for many years to help with anxiety. She found it very effective. In 2007, a routine mammogram discovered Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in its very early stages. She had a lumpectomy, followed by radiation therapy, and began 5 year drug treatment of Tamoxifen.

I have not 1 but 2 addictions, and no more tablets left..of both. It all started off with me taking antidepressants (effexor) after a few years of that I decided to quit it. I did so by cutting down my dose of 225mg to 36.5 and avoided the withdrawal effects by taking about 200mg of codeine..per day. So this went on for a while (2 months), I was almost off the effexor, I was taking about 10mg, everything is going well and I'm loving the codeine..

regarding cholesterol have always been EXCELLENT---my total cholesterol was 179 with HDL of 66 and LDL of 97--that was two years ago--After two years on Effexor without any drastic changes in lifestyle or weight now Levels are now through the roof--- total 374 HDl-60 LDL-270 I can only believe that this is either a test error or the EFFEXOR--- I think I am going to get a recheck and if the numbers are still bad then I will get off the Effexor and have a recheck again How can my numbers D

Yes, the doctor is switching me to Cymbalta but only after I am off Effexor XR. He did not give me a detailed plan to discontinue Effexor XR. He told me to do it gradually. I just really need some more advice as to how much to decrease it per day, etc. I've been reading all the horrors of people getting off it and I'm becoming a little shaken by this. Thank you so much for your support.

Before you take another dose of Effexor, go to Google, type in "Effexor Withdrawl". Are the withdrawls of getting off Effexor worth the benefits of taking it? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Now, go back to Google and type in "Natural Cures for Depression". If what I have been thru, trying to get off of this Evil drug, stops just 1 person from ever getting on it, then maybe it's been worth it. I wish I would have educated myself on what I was putting in my body, before I did it.

I mentioned about switching from Effexor Xr 225mg (which on my own I lowered to 150mg) He said that Effexor XR affects two different areas of the body whereas Zoloft only affects one area. Now he mentioned NOTHING about keep taking the Effexor Xr in lower does while I make hte switch to Zoloft. Am I supposed to just switch right over to Zoloft and discontinue the Effexor Xr??

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