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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Effexor Xr Weight Loss

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Medications - thoughts running wild, insomnia, weight loss?

By Ask the Expert Patient Health Expert

Question:

 

tentonjj asked...

I am now in my 3rd week out of the hospital treatment for severe depression and I am doing ok. I am taking Effexor XR, Clonazepam, Lisinopril for blood pressure, and Lyrica for nerve pain. My mood seems to have changed quite a bit, I am a lot more "low key" or relaxed.

 

My head still runs wild a lot with different thoughts about all kinds of stuff, good and bad, that's one thing I don't understand, shouldn't that get better? I do have terrible insomnia, and constan...

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