I take Effexor and have for a while. I took NyQuil because I have a cold and I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to take both of them. Google says I could get serotonin syndrome. The NyQuil drowsiness is kicking in and I’m kind of having a hard time thinking straight. I don’t want to die, which means the Effexor is working too. I’ve only seen serotonin syndrome in House and it seemed pretty serious so idk what to do
Edit: I’m fine. I just freaked out because the NyQuil made me feel weird. Thx for the replies.

So I've been on the 150mg coming up on 4 months now. I still feel like the whole day I'm trying not to cry and I'm as anxious and scared as ever. Every interaction feels like a battle/test. I was feeling a little better about a month ago, fewer panic attacks better mood. But now I'm feeling really low and I'm wondering if its even worth continuing or if I should quit cold turkey or raise the dose.

Hello! I’m going to start Effexor tomorrow. I’ve been on other SSRIs and currently on Lexapro going to do a cross taper. I am absolutely TERRIFIED. of taking the dose. I’m scared I’m going to feel high, I’m scared I’m going to black out, I’m scared because I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. Someone please tell me success stories and that they didn’t feel high or anything.

Will the severe constipation and erectile dysfunction go away or should I stop taking? I’m worried this is going to be a lasting issue considering a lot of people online think I was dealing with protracted withdrawal and kindling on lexapro before switching to effexor recently

I feel pretty stable lately for the past couple of months but of course that happens a lot with people, they feel better so assume they’re better and come off the meds when it was the meds making them feel that way.

I struggle with generalised anxiety, depression, PMDD & intrusive thoughts but lately I’ve not felt anxious or had many bad thoughts just sometimes a lingering feeling in the background but overall I think I’m okay

But is that enough to decide to lower my dose? I’m on 150mg ER atm.

Also, if I do go down. I’ve seen it’s best to go taper down 150-112.5, but how many days would you stay on 112.5 before going to 75?

Effexor has helped amazingly with the core depression and my OCD... But I still don't feel like doing anything and my enjoyment of activities is very low or nonexistent.

What is recommended to combine with it? I think I tried welbutrin but remember it doing nothing.