«

»

Hello venlafaxine

Thursday 24th November, 2011 - 1:07pm with 2 comments

I’m taking venlafaxine for my depression. It’s really weird. I’ve started a personal diary for it so I can write everything down every day, how I’m feeling physically and emotionally and mentally and all around. Haven’t taken my dose today but going for that in the afternoon.

Last night I was probably just really tired since I only had four hours of sleep the night before, but I was yawning like mad at around 11pm, about three hours after taking the pill. I woke up in the middle of the night which I usually never do – but that was probably because my phone went off. (Idiot.) I did have trouble getting back to sleep though.

Also, I got really warm in the middle of the night when I was flat out freezing when I hit the sack. I had to throw off a blanket.

I’ve had uncontrollable yawning this morning. It’s kind of dissipating now, and I’m yawning less often… so that’s good. But I hope it doesn’t happen every time I take a dose. I’m not even tired, I’m just yawning. Dumb meds.

I got a bit dizzy and felt a bit nauseous but they were pretty tolerable. Really faint, even. I could still drink. It was hard getting through breakfast this morning but I just took it easy. Also, I get thirsty so damn easily, my mouth gets really dry.

Regarding my mood I feel good. I am not hyper, which I’m glad about… I’m pretty calm, and I’m usually never calm. I’m taking my time with my tasks today, and I usually try to rush through them. And I have a very, very wandering mind and can’t focus, but I think I’m fairly focused at the moment. My mind hasn’t wandered off yet today. I haven’t even thought about planning for tomorrow or the rest of the week, and usually I worry about that kind of crap all the time.

Just dealing with the physical side effects is a bit difficult. Mostly the yawning. I keep thinking I’m tired but when I tried sleeping I just had a vivid dream or whatever. Poop.

Posted on: Thursday, November 24th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Categories: Depression, Optimism
Tags:
Comments feed: RSS 2.0
Status: You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Comments — on “Hello venlafaxine”

Jump to comment form?

Rachel

Thursday 24th November, 2011 at 1:19 pm

Your mental state today sounds really enviable. Like REALLY enviable. I wish it was that easy for me to focus on things. Even when I want to focus I get really distracted and it’s like I can never get anything done. Seriously, jealous.

Also, yawned while reading about your yawning, yo.

[Reply]

Chantelle

Friday 25th November, 2011 at 9:38 am

Ew. Random side affects suck. I have an antibiotic I take sometimes that makes me feel really nauseous the whole time I’m on it – no matter if I take it before after or during a meal. When I’m on prednisilone I’m absolutely ravenous all the time and really thirsty because it send my blood sugars really high (which, being diabetic as well, is not exactly a great thing.) I wish they’d just make medications without side affects.
Hopefully though, the venlafaxine does what it needs to do though. *crosses fingers*

[Reply]

Leave a Reply