Posted by croessger on August 30, 2003, at 12:33:10
In reply to Re: effexor xr, posted by LeanneF on June 25, 2003, at 13:05:27
Hi, reading your post, my heart went out to you. I suffer many of the same syptoms as you.
I am not an expert but it sounds to me (because of your mood swings) that you suffer from manic deppresion not regular depression. You can be as high as a kite and come crashing down with suicidal feelings. Mine is similar...except I don't get the real highs. I just have very bad mood swings that I can't control. I take lithium now and it works very well. I am also on Prozac and I was told I would be on it for the rest of my life along with the lithium. I have been suffering from this for 13 years now and just for the last 6 years have gotten it under control. I understand how you feel. It's like a nightmare and you can't beleive it's happening to you. If you haven't tried lithium yet, please talk to your doctor and ask if you can. For the first 3 weeks it will be hard to stay on it. They say when you get on this type of medication the side effects that the medicine creates are the same as suffering from accute deppresion and the reason is your brains chemistry is out of wack and it's fixing it. After my 3rd week it was like a miracle. "PoP" all of a sudden I felt better. It was worth all the strain and endurance I went through for those 3 weeks. They say all anitdepressants are like that because your brain chemistry is off wack and it takes time to get it back to normal. I don't know if you are still suffering from this but just in case, you will be in my prayers. Nobody deserves to feel the way you do and nobody really understands unless they actually gone through it themselves. Please don't give up and continue to let your doctor know how you feel. There has to be something out there to help you. Hang in there...your not alone.
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