Posted by reb on August 8, 2001, at 22:07:52
In reply to Effexor detachment, i am a ghost, posted by adamie on August 8, 2001, at 20:44:07
doesn't it take at least a week to see the effects of effexor or any of these drugs? how can you see effects of it from the very first day you are taking it? is that really possible?
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> hi. I started taking Effexor today.
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> it is a very strange feeling. I dunno what the hell it is but I feel very detached. Apathetic I THINK. The detachment makes me feel like I am some ghost in this world. That I am not here. And I dunno but things seem scary. As if everything looks darker. it is so hard to describe. the effexor deffinetly did something to my thinking. at least before it I would have a very small imagination and ability to picture things in my head with of course bad feelings accompanying them. Now I can't picture things. I feel extra detached from my fiance. I dunno what this is. it also seems harder to cry. I hope this will pass. I hope this isn't some numbing effect. I just feel strange and like a ghost. I feel very dead. earlier today the effexor made me feel at ease. but it seems to be some deadful feeling now. i felt very bad off the effexor but had some small attachment to the world. now I am feeling very bad but in a different kind of way! and I dont like it. I dont want apathy. I cant live in this horrid state. I need my emotions above everything else. I will see how I do the next few days.
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