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effexor for general anxiety disorder?

ND88 · 2013-06-20 21:53:17

I usually deal with general anxiety disorder pretty well without the use of medication. Eating right, exercise etc. But on rare occasions of acute stress I take one .25 xanax per day for ten days and thats all I need. Things tend to go back to normal. My new doctor prescribed me effexor XL 75MG. He says they not only are…

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I usually deal with general anxiety disorder pretty well without the use of medication. Eating right, exercise etc. But on rare occasions of acute stress I take one .25 xanax per day for ten days and thats all I need. Things tend to go back to normal.

My new doctor prescribed me effexor XL 75MG. He says they not only are used for depression but also GAD.

I am reluctant to go on anything long term (was on SSRIs before and hated it) and im also terrified of the side effects.

Has anyone been on these? If not have you been prescribed anything else ? If so, how are you finding them?

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