Posted by Sunie on May 15, 2001, at 12:22:08
In reply to Re: I'm a little scared of these drugs..., posted by stjames on May 15, 2001, at 11:42:24
James' pronouncement sounds overly dire to me, roo, even though I have had some of the same fears that you do. I took effexor xr for about a year, it quit working, and I tried and tried to keep myself out of the depression that had already overtaken me, and could not. On the other hand, I did nothing to change the stressful pattern of my life during that time. Oh, I tried to go to the gym to get a little exercise, and I tried to eat right. But in the middle of depression, these good intentions lasted about 2 days!
Moral of the story: I am now on Wellbutrin, hoping for at least a minimal AD effect so that I can IMPLEMENT CHANGE that may help me sustain a non-depressed state when I decide to come off of it. (And I expect that I will come off v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.)
And BTW, since I have read and read about my new choice of drug, I must mention that it is often prescribed to counteract sexual side-effects, either alone or in combination with an SSRI.
For me, fears lead to more depression... positive action, even if it doesn't acheive what I had hoped for, though, generates for me a positive response.
Keep hope,
Sunie
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