dianebea Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I'm taking 75 mg of "regular" Effexor once every morning (among other drugs---see below). I've noticed that by the end of the day, I start to feel a little anxious and my hands sometimes get shaky. Could this be from the Effexor wearing off because it's not the XR forumula? When I first started taking it, I was in the hospital and was given Effexor XR (prescribed by a resident), but my current prescription is for regular---I'm thinking of asking my pdoc to change it back to the original XR script. dianebea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotlove29 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Did you recently begin the effexor by any chance? When I started my hands were majorly shaky for probably 4 months. Not sure about the non-XL version, but I don't know, non-XL versions of AD's don't make much sense to me...I mean isn't steady blood levels important to keep the depression away??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I was under the impression that the xr version is always preferable for that very reason. Patients were finding it wore off too soon and they were experiencing DS before the next dosage. Ask your pdoc if u can switch. Dee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~nestling~ Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I get the shaky hands as I'm tapering off. and its the regular one too. I never had it with the XR. I've read somewhere that the regular one isn't approved for GAD. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnama Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 my hands tend to shake at verious times during the day, but i'm on the xr form. I'm also on a ton of other crap though, so God knows what it could be with me. For some reason I've always kinda suspected the effexor, but eh, dunno. Sucks for my teachers that have to try and read my writing when my hands are shaky, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianebea Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Thanks all for the replies. The shakiness seems to have gone away. I didn't even tell my doctor about it. I remember that I was also trying to reduce my Topamax dosage from 150 mg to 100 mg per day to see if it would help with my weight loss (without any MD supervision cause I was told I could play around w/100-200 mg). I've gone back up to 150 mg and I'm feeling better (but still skinny). dianebea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloGirl66 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I had shakey hands for a few months too, it went away after a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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