Posted by willow on March 6, 2001, at 23:49:24
In reply to Re: Muscle tension and ADs, posted by Alice Fay on March 6, 2001, at 19:07:45
Alice
I've been on many different AD's (I too am starting to learn these abbreviations, in the admin section there's a post concerning them and lists many of the more common ones, I'll look it up tomorrow for you) and the side-effects had been worse than anything the drugs had positive in them for me. I had actually given up on AD's until my latest setback and my new doctor suggested effexor.
I too have the itchines, plus I get pleasure from chewing my finger nails now. My eldest is constantly after me to stop. I do it on the sly! :)
When going off the effexor lower your dose real slowly. Plus go through the threads to see what has helped other people, there's some good advice in them.
For me I think the ephrenine (sp) has given me the boost I needed. I too had problems with my BP and HR and I think it came when I accidentally take an extra dose, boosting me from 150 upto 225mg daily. I was almost in tears at the thought that the doctor may want to take away my rx. When I had the halter on I made an extra effort to stay relaxed no strenuous activity, and it must have worked because the test came back fine. I'm just going to take it slow concerning my physical rehab. Enough about myself!
Have you ever kept a journal concerning your physcial activity. You may find an activity that aggravates your symptoms. I know my physical therapist sure gets a regular workout and I couldn't imagine being able to carry on like that for a full eight hours.
Concerning the Elavil I have a friend who is taking it for nerve pain and it is helping her. If you have had side effects from other ADs I would consider starting at a very low dose and very slowly upping it. I know this way is harder but in the long wrong it will probably help out because you won't get discouraged with the meds like I had. There's some people on the board who believe that if the side-effects outway the benefits in the first few weeks to trash the med. There seems to be alot of different ADs out there don't give up until you find a suitable one.
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Willow
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