Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Will I ever be OK without effexor?

Posted by Tabby22 on March 7, 2001, at 10:46:26

Hi everyone. I am a newcomer to this board and I can't believe I'm not alone in this nightmare.

I have been taking effexor for 4 years now. I admit it has helped my depression when other antidepressants wouldn't, but now, after all these years, the side-effects are unbearable.

I am so tired all the time, which makes caring for my handicapped daughter almost impossible. My husband is always irritable, because the sexual side-effects have left me with no desire for sex at all. Other side effects include weight gain, memory loss, muscle spasms, and others.

When I started this drug, my doctor assured me I wouldn't be on it permanently. Now, I wonder if I can ever go off this drug without affecting the good it has done. I have tried to wean myself off of this drug, but being off of it was worse than the condition I started taking it for in the first place.

I am tired of drugs. Is there any hope of being OK, and not on effexor???


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:Tabby22 thread:55838
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010302/msgs/55838.html