In recent posts, I have shared with you that Effexor XR has been helping my burning become tingling most of the time. Unfortunately, the dose that was most effective had too many side effects including a very noticeable muscular tic that made it look like I was shaking my head “No.” I had no idea I was even doing that until my husband showed me a video. So weird!

My Neurologist was on top of it, reduced my dosage by half and most of that went away. But not all of it.

Over time, I realized I was having excessive sweating after taking my dose each day, the muscular tic was still there, but with less movement and it became intermittent. I was also starting to develop muscular spasms in my feet, ankles, and quads. Some were quite uncomfortable and there didn’t seem to be any action on my part that brought them on.

At first, I thought it was a shoe issue. Inserts, new shoes, and a couple of different styles of shoes made no difference, and I had to look elsewhere. Effexor XR seemed to be a likely suspect, and I discussed it with my Neurologist. I told him the side effects were outweighing the partial relief I was getting and that I thought it was time to discontinue.