Posted by Jaynee on January 25, 2003, at 19:49:27
In reply to PLEASE HELP ME!!! (Calamity of errors!!!), posted by titleistguy on January 25, 2003, at 1:27:09
Titleistguy: I too am in western canada. I am sorry that you were treated by a GP, when you should have been seeing a Pdoc. My two cents worth. I would stay with the Effexor XR and stay away from everything else. I think once you let your body clear out all the other drugs you will start to feel better. I personally put my money on the Lithium. I would bet that is what caused and is still giving you the weird side-effects. I am glad you are getting your eyes and brain checked out, just in case. I also think you should have your thyroid checked as well. I had a brother-in-law that was given Lithium when he shouldn't have, he took it for a few months and it just about killed him. He too lives in Alta. What he finally got diagnosed with was graves disease, but in the meantime they put him on lithium and told him he had an alergy to his pillow and that is why his eyes were starting to bug out of his head. When he came to visit with my sister, I took one look at him and said he has graves disease. It was so obvious, so he went back to the doctors and got a proper check-up. Sounds to me like you have some pretty crappy doctors in Alberta. Anyways, here is a site you may want to read about lithium.
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~morgan/litz_s01.htm
My sister was on Zopiclon for over a year. She had a very hard time getting off of it as well. Her doctor told her it was non-habit forming as well. I told her, her doctor was wrong, so she was prepared for the worse when she went to quit.
If you can just take the Effexor XR and stay clear of the other drugs for a month or two, I think you will probably feel better.
Good luck, and better days are coming your way.
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