Posted by blueheron on December 17, 2002, at 13:53:38
In reply to Effexor and Me =), posted by ¥ã£ér|é on June 17, 2002, at 16:23:43
> .. Tried to wean off about 10 months into the program (just felt I didnt need it any more), Withdrawls were horrible, the most prevalant was the "eye shocks" or "eye seizures" I experienced. Took me off of work for 3 days. After about 5 days of withdrawl symptoms, I was on "top" of the world !!! OMG I never felt so good in my life !! .. that euphoria lasted for a total of 2 weeks ..
BH] Sounds just like me! What a HIGH!!!, then what a drag
>I began having small anxiety attacks again, and unfortunatly had to return to the medication. But it was okay with me, Effexor XR has done wonders for my life. I can think again clearly and make informed decisions. I am now on 150 mg a day and am doing very well. I have no desire to come off this med, for fear that I will loose the ground which I have gained.BH] I figure my going off set me back about 6 months, and I too am happy to be on it again.
>Although today was interesting, and I will share this experience with my doctor. I suddenly developed "eye shocks/seizures" out of the blue. I was brought home from work roughly 15 minutes of being there, I could not focus my vision and couldnt move suddenly, dizziness was pretty severe. ... The only thing I can attribute to this is that I did miss my dosage yesterday, but I have missed dosages before and never had this reaction.
BH] I get that every time I forget to take my pill, but since stopping and re-starting it seems I am more sensitive to the dosage changes... when I went from 150 to 75 to 0 in 2 days I got incredible non-specific, non-targeted rage (won't do that again :-), had to warn my friends to stay away or die)
>I am sharing this information to all who are either veterans of Effexor or new to the drug. I will not change medications, nor have I tried any other anti-depressant. Effexor works well for me and if there are a few inconveinences once in a while.. I'll live with it.
BH] Although I could stand to have a "quickie" once in a while ;-), now it takes forever to cum, even my lady gets distressed at the third application of KY
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