How do I relieve severe Tremors due to venlafaxine

[Klynn151]

I was just put on a 37.5 mg dose and took it last night for the first time. I woke up at at 4 am and couldn't stop shaking. It got worse from there and anything that I thought about would make my anxiety (which it was prescribed to reduce/relieve) kick in worse than ever! It is now 1020 am and I still can't stop shaking! I'm waiting on my doctor to call and thought I would see if anyone knew a way to get rid of the shakes. Please help!! I can't leave my house until it's gone!

[Paxiled]

Effexor is one of the most stimulating antidepressants and isn't usually used if anxiety is a major problem unless it's believed to be caused by depression.  The reason is it targets not only serotonin, as ssris do, but also norepinephrine, or adrenaline, as snris do.  Are you seeing a regular doc or a psychiatrist?  Regular docs don't do this as much and therefore rely more on what they read than what they've seen, and the reading is almost all by drug companies. If it's been this long you might go to an ER and they'll probably give you a benzo to calm your system down.  You'll be okay, but I'd be leery of using this drug for you.