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Re: Withdrawing from Effexor: nightmares » Elizabeth

Posted by Simcha on December 11, 2001, at 14:58:49

In reply to Re: Withdrawing from Effexor: nightmares » Simcha, posted by Elizabeth on December 11, 2001, at 14:15:53

> > Methinks thy physician mightest be ingesting healthy doses of crack!!!!
>
> Exactly what would a "healthy" [nonzero] dose of crack be???

LOL, 'twas a funny way of telling her that the doc was ignorant of withdrawal symptoms from Effexor. I experienced the nightmares and more.


> That's REM rebound. Things like that actually happened to me pretty frequently long before I ever took antidepressants (the first time I remember it happening was when I was four years old) -- I act out my dreams physically. I didn't really think much of it or realize it wasn't normal until I read a book on the neurobiology of sleep a few years ago. Antidepressants seem to have different effects on it -- desipramine actually made it worse, MAOIs completely eliminated it (not surprisingly, since they thoroughly suppress REM sleep), etc. I haven't noticed any effect from Effexor so far (only at 75 mg).

I had nightmares nightly when I was a child. I used to sleep on the top bunk of a bunk-bed and I fell off of it on many an occasion.... Hmmm.. I wonder if I have a sleep disorder due to the bloody imbalance in me head! My pdoc tells me that this depression and OCD is a physical/chemical problem and not a spiritual/emotional problem that can be piddled with....


> Anna Laura: once you start the Parnate, the nightmares should go away (if you're still having them by the time you start the Parnate).

Anna Laura: All I could do was grin and bear it. I needed to be off of the effexor so that I could have feeling below the waste and that was all there was to it. So I decided to follow the gradual taper off of Effexor onto Wellbutrin and then finally adding Celexa to balance me. It was quite a trip. All things considered I'm doing well today. Stay with it!!!

-Simmy ;-)


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