Posted by leeran on May 7, 2003, at 17:03:04
In reply to Re: Afraid to continue...scared to death to quit » Dramatica, posted by Snoozy on May 7, 2003, at 15:43:49
Regarding: "When I was on Effexor, I had the nightmares, but the really troubling thing was the incredible vividness"
My father, who is elderly (76 years old) had increasingly strange hallucinations/dreams on Effexor. It took us forever to figure out what was going on. However, I have heard that the side effects of any medication are exacerbated in the elderly. Additionally, he is very sensitive to cough medicines with codeine, etc.
I'm on Lexapro, and yesterday, I thought of the names of two people I hadn't thought of in years (since college). I don't know if I would have been able to remember their names a few weeks ago. I know that sounds odd (it may be a side effect of SSRIs over several years). Anyway, I thought it was really surprising that these names just popped in my head (along with some of the memories associated with these two guys, who were actually kind of jerky but I guess the Lexapro gives me a "oh, who cares" attitude).
Maybe someone in your age group can give you some input Effexor? It seems a shame to give up something that's working fairly well.
I wonder if some of these drugs don't allow us to recall things that have been hidden under the cobwebs for awhile (i.e. your older dreams)?
poster:leeran
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