Posted by sar on September 25, 2001, at 0:44:24
In reply to SAR - response: » sar, posted by Janelle on September 24, 2001, at 0:46:21
dear Janelle,
i stopped taking effexor after my sample pack ran out because it didn't seem to be doing anything for me except disturbing my sleep and vision. i was still in depressed-mode--not bathing, nihilistic, drunkenly reading astrology in Barnes & Noble all day. early on, i researched effexor after a doc prescribed it to me...when i got the sample pack i was so happy, thinking it was the "magic bullet" or what-have-you....and then i read up on it, and did not like what i read. some people do find success with effexor, but the horrifying stories i read frightened me feom renewing a prescription. i've gone with prozac because it is, as my pdoc says, the "gold standard" of AD's. it's older than effexor, has been used by more people, i've experience no ill side-effects--but again, that's where the Yr Mileage May Vary thing comes in...
so what are you on now, aside from Lamictal? Jah used to post about how much he liked it, if i remember correctly. what does your pdoc recommend?
my own experience--i do alot of research, i tell my pdoc what i want after months of reading (after the whole effexor disaster). my current cocktail is very sweet! and nearly all chosen by me.
what is your diagnosis? how do you feel emotionally right now?
i guess effexor made me kind of dull. klonopin + prozac (and now neurontin) make me laugh like a maniac, but i feel more alive than i have in years...
personally, i don't trust effexor...but if it works for you, take it. whatever works, take it.
keep us updated.
sar
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