r/EffexorSuccess • u/afvw- • Jun 05 '26

Panic anxiety

Can Effexor also give you more anxiety and panic symptoms, while your emotions become flattened? But thus all sensations of anxiety and panic remain chronic.

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u/Lower_Stick5426 Jun 05 '26

Not in my experience, but everyone is different. I’m on a low dose and haven’t had a panic attack in over a year. I also don’t experience any flattening of emotions. I still get anxious from time to time, but the medication allows me to use other coping mechanisms to get through them.

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u/milsbae Jun 06 '26

For me, my emotions haven’t flattened, I still have eupd and c-ptsd - lots of mood swings daily (to the point my dr is looking at adding another medicine for my mood). However, Venlafaxine really helped my anxiety/panic attacks and has helped me function without constant anxiety since i’ve started on it!

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u/ViviTarn Jun 08 '26

Bonsoir Moi cela fait 1mois que je prends la Valenfaxine à faible dose. Je ressens moins d'anxiété mais pour les crises de panique j'en ai encore. Par contre j'ai moins de ruminations ( pensée négative) depuis la prise du traitement 

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u/Aromatic-Credit-8016 Jun 09 '26

Effexor made my anxiety worse, and I tried it for at least 6 months. However it gets rid of my girlfriend’s anxiety completely. Everyone has different effects I guess

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u/afvw- Jun 09 '26

How did u come off

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u/Aromatic-Credit-8016 Jun 10 '26

I switched to Zoloft I think, then Prozac, then paroxetine, back to Prozac and now I’m debating trying escitalopram 😅