Starting Effexor and my side effects.
Hi, I just started Effexor 12 days ago followed by stopping flouexatine. I was fine mostly for the 37.5mg dose that I did for 5 days but when I hit 75mg I started to just feel derelization, higher anxiety, agitation, and just overall not feeling like myself. I’ve now moved up to 112.5 mg for a week then I move up once more and staying at 150. I’m on day three of 112.5mg and honestly I’m just scared. I feel like I’ll never be myself and I’m just got the worst intrusive thoughts and ruminating since I’ve started. I know it need time to balance out and I will give it that time but for now it just feels very sad and isolating. I cry just thinking about maybe never being myself again. I just wanted to see if anyone else dealt with this and just maybe some motivation as it can be very sad to get through this bumpy patch.
Posted Jul 4, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC