The ultimate guide to Effexor

Everybody. Welcome to another episode
The anxious Resistance.

Today I'm going to talking about Effexor,
also known generic name venlafaxine.

Effexor is an antidepressant SNRI class.
Is been used treat multiple conditions.

Such as major depressive disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder

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There're lot side effects this medication
lots of these can experienced really

high doses lots of these you get
initially and then they'll go away

so really there's lots side effects,
it's like one of those medications were

they just blabber on the gibberish
for like 5 minutes side effects

chances you getting most these is
very slim. Theres a few maybe you'll get

some dizziness, you'll get tiredness.
Definitely these kind SSRI, SNRI

of medications you may have difficulty
with your libido, may have difficulty

reaching orgasm, that kind of thing.
You need to be aware of a couple

specific dangerous things when it comes
to these medications, first being

serotonin syndrome. So drugs that work on
serotonin venlafaxine increase someone's

risk of developing serotonin syndrome.
Occurs when there's too much serotonin

symptoms high heart rate, sweating,
headache, agitation, restlessness, anxiety

goosebumps and rigid muscles. There are
some severe symptoms if this gets bad too

much which includes high fever, seizures,
irregular heart rhythm, loss consciousness

If you suspect that you're having
serotonin syndrome, you should go

to the hospital or be checked out by your
provider. So again, you should specially

be careful with serotonin syndrome
if you're on multiple medications

that increase levels of serotonin like
other SSRI, SNRI medications, Buspirone,

hydroxyzine, other antidepressants,
antipsychotics, there's quite a few, so

be careful. But again, this is effective
medication and it's been used for

it's been used for long time to treat
anxiety, to treat depression to treat

those conditions I mentioned before
Don't be dissuaded by the possible

side effects. These are possible, not
guaranteed. So also with Effexor, there's

a bit of withdrawal syndrome into
depression medications venlafaxine

need to be tapered off in order to avoid
or mitigate withdrawal. Symptoms of

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