venlafaxine
 

So I've been on this for about 2 weeks now? Maybe 2 weeks and I am feeling soooo much better and I suppose it doesn't really matter of its a placebo affect if it's working because who cares right?! But can it really work that quickly?! I thought it was usually 6-8 weeks?

I think it begins to take effect within two weeks and maximum effect is 6-8 weeks. Or it's a placebo effect. But either way, at least you're feeling better.

So its possible that on 6-8 weeks I'll be feeling even more awesome? !
And yeah, regardless of reason I'm feeling better anyway :-D

Thanks Oly :)

I've never been hypomanic on anti depressants before. The only thing that I felt with mirtazepine was irritable and getting the random urge to throw furniture across rooms!!
But I just feel amazing now! Not irritable or angry or violent or the slightest bit depressed! I should have asked for venlafaxine years ago even though I was actually on it years ago but I don't think it worked back then! Not this well anyway!

I am concerned that you are hypomanic. Your typing has changed, more !!!s again, having lots more energy but constantly feeling bored etc.

Will you tell your gp that you are feeling different?

Exclamation marks are delightfully expressive! I like them! :tongue2:
I think it'd just because I've been feeling really bad and all woe is me I wanna die etc for SO long that being happy appears like I'm too happy because it's not been normal for me for months!

I'll tell my Gp that I'm feeling better because she'll probably ask anyway because they put me on the meds and she asked me last time

I've been on venlafaxine for over a year and although it has helped me more than anything else, I wouldn't say I got the same reaction that you seem to be having. Definitely talk to your doctor.

I think I just express happiness differently!!

What if the doctor thinks there's something wrong? People said stuff at work today. The doctor doesn't know me. What if she freaks out?!

I don't think she'd freak out, she seemed rational and calm at your last appointment from what you said (didn't she say something about crisis team/hospital but rather than shove you under them she said she wanted to see you weekly?).

I do think you're getting manic, this has happened to you a few times before, and you crashed hard afterwards which I don't want to see happen to you again!

It might be that if your GP gave you a mood stabiliser alongside your venlafaxine you'd be happy and even, and not hypomanic and restless/agitated. Could you mention it to her and see what she says? When is your appointment?

Also I see you've impulsively booked a trip to Germany, this could be further evidence of your mood getting very high.

Hopefully she won't! Hoping she'll just be pleased I'm ok now and maybe she'll just give me my meds for weeks and not need to keep such a close eye on me and I won't have to worry about running out of meds because I'm not gonna OD! !

I'm not manic! I won't crash! I don't feel like I'll ever be depressed again! how could it be possible to ever feel depressed when life is so amazing?! Think of all the things that are left to experience! !
How could I ever feel sad when I've got all of that to lol forward to and explore!!

I'm already on a mood stabiliser though! Doesn't that prove I'm not manic?! Because the Lamotrigine would stop my mood from going high?
I don't know if a Gp would prescribe that anyway cos sometimes they get funny about stepping over into mh!

Its a planned impulsive trip :tongue2:

I'm in agreement with others- it does maybe seem that you are becoming hypomanic, which is actually quite a likely side effect with Venlafaxine.
I've been on it myself for about 3 months now and it has helped tremendously with anxiety and somewhat with depression but I definitely wouldn't describe myself as feeling 'fantastic'.
You should definitely discuss with your gp.

Also I'd imagine you're on Lamotrigine for seizures? The dose that would be used to treat a mood disorder would be different. Also a mood stabiliser doesn't always necessarily reduce a medication induced manic episode, you'd need to stop the inducing med to deal with that.

Not necessarily I went manic whilst on lamotrigine and olanzapine with a single dose of an antidepressant.

I think that to have gone from quite desperately low to feeling like you will never be depressed again is quite a significant warning sign that this improvement in mood is not particular natural.

You know in the past it has only been retrospectively that you have agreed with suggestions that you have had an elevated mood. Whether or not you have actually gone high this time it is hard to say for sure over the interweb but you for sure are displaying some warning signs and I think you should make your GP aware of them and see what she says.

I thought Lamotrigine just helped the depression side of things, well that's what I gathered from my psych. I may well be wrong though.

Anyway I hope all is well.

I believe it is a mood stabiliser that has antidepressant properties so it can be used as an antidepressant in its own right or as an addition to an antidepressant to reduce the risk of mood instability caused by the antidepressant in those susceptible to mood issues. Although as above this is not always the case.

I'm on Lamotrigine for epilepsy but it is awesome fir stabilising my mood as well although the dose is still super low so doubt it's actually doing a great deal right now! Lol!!

I really honestly genuinely just feel happy!! I feel so happy I could cry! But it's a good happy! Not an 'omg wtf?!' Happy!!! (Sure there was a better way of putting that but meh) :p

I'm. Sure the Gp will be able to tell though!!!

If I go above 100mg twice a day of Lamotrigine I tend to go a bit hyper and loopy!!

Can you keep a mood diary, and write down your thoughts, eg Today my mood is 10/10, I feel amazing, life is amazing and I will never feel depressed again. Then you could show her?