Posted by Shanti on February 22, 2002, at 13:45:59
In reply to Re: is effexor making me crazy????, posted by Maria Warren on February 22, 2002, at 7:17:03
> > Am weaning from 225 to 37.5 (in steps) and can't sleep! After nine days of this, got put on 2.5 mm. (very low dose) of olanzapine - an anti-psychotic drug with potential horrid side effects! I feel like medication is making me crazy -- my shrink thinks I'm minor-leagie bipolar, which could very well be, but I'm afraid all this drug soup is going to do worse damage than my own depression. Opinions, please!
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> You seem to have been responding to an old post and sort of popped up in the middle of this one. I think I got that straighteded out, but I am not as seasoned at helping as some others might be. One possibility is sometimes a low dose or Prozac. Anyone else out there able to help? Also you don't say HOW gradually you are cutting from one dose to another? MariaBirdy
Do you or anyone else out there agree that we have to do A LOT of mental work as well to even begin to feel what one calls "normal" in this world, that is one of the hardest things for me to work at especiallly during my menstural cycle but if i manage to keep upbeat i usually get through with only 2-4 days of wanting to scream, yell,short tempered, etc.
i start my med's tomorrow and am looking forward to it after my 2 years with paxil and i truly hope it is an easy transition - i will defenitely post my experience!
i do have to say i stumbled upon this website and wow! this is very theraputic to read that other people in this world experience the same things as me (yes, at different levels - i'm like someone else who wrote i'm a mild bi-polar if you can call it that
before i sign off i want to tell a short story that happened to me a few months ago.
i recently had a baby (4 months ago) and about 1 month later i went out with my sister for the first time in a long time to a bar. while at the bar she kept telling people that i had just had a baby and they commented on how good i look - the weight just fell off (i am very skinny to begin with and subconcisouly i am anorixca - i don't purposely strave myself - food just doesn't appeal to me but i agree with my therapist that it is a way of me not liking myself so i do this even if i don't really "think" about). After about the 5th time i finally looked at her and said if i could trade my mental illness in for some extra weight and what society considers to be fat i would in a second because i think that would be a lot easier to deal with than what i have now
gotta go - i'm from Canada and the men's hockey team is playing right now - go canada go!! right now it is 2-1 for canada
peace!
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