Hi everyone.
Like I said above, I'm feeling apprehensive tonight. Its not anxiety but I'm afraid of my medication. Because I'm had a horrific two weeks with my PD, I've gone to my doctor and gradually increased my dose of Effexor XR from 75mg to 150mg. For just over two weeks I was taking 112.5mg and last night started my first 150mg dose. I'm doing ok but I had really weird dreams last night and had an upset stomach this morning. That went away pretty fast once I got up and started moving around but all day I've felt as if there were weights on my eyelids. I got 9 hours of sleep last night but I woke up and within an hour of being awake, I was fighting to keep my eyes open. Its been like that ALL DAY!
I'm hoping this is just a symptom of the effexor increase but this hasn't happened before, at least not to this extent. So my overtired mind started dwelling tonight on the fact that I'm taking a large dose of effexor and I started becoming anxious that I may get sick from the effexor or that my body can't handle this dose. I'm almost afraid to go to sleep because I'm scared the effexor won't let me wake up. Im' afraid this dose will hurt me, yet I know I needed a stronger dose. I know that worry is probably stupid but I can't seem to help it. Has anyone else been on effexor XR at the 150mg dose?? How did it work for you? Did you have any of the side effects I mentioned??
Thank you so much :)
Jen
