Posted by daizy on May 23, 2003, at 11:23:48
In reply to Apathy,,,,,blank stare, posted by tina on May 23, 2003, at 10:33:54
Hey Tina, Im sorry your feeling like that, Its not very nice? I have that 'anhedonia' feeling at the moment too. Im not sure what to do, Have you tried incresing your dose?, or even decreasing it if you think it will help you 'feel' again. Im too afraid to just quit incase my anxiety comes back, I'd rather feel nothing than feel anxious all the time. Have you spoken to your doc about it?
> Effexor is taking away my panic quite nicely but the side effect is apathy. I can't seem to care what happens to me or around me. I can still get stressed about work but I don't care what the outcome. I watch myself ballooning in weight but don't care what I put in my mouth, relationships with other people are falling apart but I don't care to fix it and I can sometimes just stare into space doing nothing for hours. there's a voice in my head saying "what are you doing? why are you just sitting there" but still I sit and stare.
> It's like I'm outside of myself watching and waiting for this other person I see to do something about all of this but she doesn't. Is this a normal side effect of this drug or should I change meds? I also have extremely itchy skin. I can't stop scratching to the point of bleeding.
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> Is it time to get off effexor and try something else?
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