New Onset Depression on Effexor: Anyone Else?

Yes. My psychiatrist kept increasing the dose. She wouldn’t listen to me when I said I needed a new med. she would always just increase the dose. I finally had enough because I felt like a walking zombie. I went to a new psychiatrist and found out I was highly over medicated. I switched to Pristiq and feel so much better. I would say please talk to your doctor about it! Try increasing it a little possibly, but don’t continue to increase it to the point where you have zero energy, zero emotions, zero motivation… I also know the longer you’re on Effexor, the harder it is to get off of it. So if you want to switch, do it sooner than later. I was on it for 3 ish years and when I got off it, the withdrawals were horrendous even though I was double tapering with another med.

Honestly I've been on it since I was diagnosed and am pretty sure it's made me depressed worse than before even tho it's also an antidepressant