Posted by zeldas on September 26, 2003, at 16:14:11
In reply to Re: Effexor Lawsuit, posted by kcg33 on September 26, 2003, at 15:58:30
> Bless you, O'Ryan, for the suggestions. I've been taking 3 Benedryls at night, but the nausea is so bad that even when it does finally give me some relief and let me sleep through the dizziness, I still wake up by midnight - and those nightmares, GEEEEEZ!
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> I know I sound like I am just full of myself for all my rage, and I'm sure a lot of it is how sick I feel that I carry on like I do, and I certainly don't mean to offend anyone, but I have honestly heard, read and researched more on the negative side of this drug than I have been able to locate any good. There may be a dozen people who are really happy with this medication compared to 1000 others that are not. I fully acknowledged in my previous post that I'm aware that some people truly feel liberated by the help it gives them with their depression and anxiety, and it did work for me on those symptoms as well, but for me PERSONALLY, the side-effects and now the withdrawal symptoms FAR FAR outweigh the benefits. All I want is a little accountability in the drug market. Not everyone is a walking PDR - I certainly don't know everything about every drug, that is why I pay "the big bucks" to the people that studied and earned the degrees in this area. I agree the psychiatrists should be held accountable for irresponsible scrip writing, (unfortunately for me, it was my general practitioner- who likely doesn't know squat about these side effects, BUT WILL NOW) When I sit back and think about the population of people out there that trust their doctor's and psychiatrists and pharmacists, etc., etc., because we expect them to KNOW what is good for us, and then we end up suffering more than the anxiety or depression was in the first place, I visually see us all as lambs being led to slaughter. OKay, maybe that is a little graphic, but still, shouldn't someone have to answer for these kind of foul-ups in the medical industry? Be it the pharmaceutical companies and scientists that "discover" and test and market these drugs, the FDA that finally sticks their seal of approval on them, the marketers that advertise their "wonderful" benefits all the way to the pharmacists that forget to tell you what happens later, and the doctors who prescribe without giving all the information (assuming they even know what they are prescribing)....... etc., If you are going to be given the power to "help" other people's lives improve with medicine, it seems to me you should be taken to task if you cause more harm than good.
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> (Just for a little clarity on my situation, my husband, myself and my two small children were hit head on 2 years ago by a drunk driver. My husband is now completely disabled after 6 surgeries and walks on a steel rod, my little boy has brain damage and has to be seen by multiple doctors for the many surprises in his cognitive development that we have coming to us as a result of it. I am the rock of my household, the one everyone leans on and needs. When the pressure became a little too much for me, and I needed some help, I went to my general practitioner who decided I had "Generalized Anxiety Disorder" and put me on this medication. Eight months and 35 pounds later, massive migraine headaches, etc., I have decided the anxiety was not as bad as this medicine, hence, the reason I chose to discontinue. So you understand a little better where I come from, and why I would be so angry over a medication that was meant to be prescribed as a short-term solution for my anxiety has turned this "rock" into a soggy sponge. I am no good to my husband or my kids right now and it PISSES ME OFF)
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> OKay, that's enough of my soap box, I'm outta here. Thanks for listening.Just want to clarify something also: the people who are writing in here are not a scientific indication of the numbers of people having trouble with meds. This is a self-selected group--MOST OFTEN--those who ARE having problems with meds. To conclude from a sample on here that those who have good experiences on medications are far far in the minority is a basic error in logic. Sorry if that offends someone. But dang it--it is true. I too have suffered from meds that were not right for me etc. But I am so very very grateful that my life has been saved over and over by these meds that I simply cannot throw them all out and come to erroneous conclusions (FOR EVERYONE ELSE) about the efficacy of these meds. Let us keep some perspective here.
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