Posted by Niomi on October 26, 2003, at 15:07:45
In reply to Re: Class action lawsuit?, posted by Ronny on January 10, 2002, at 11:25:22
Hello everyone. My name is Niomi and this is my first posting on this site, and I found it looking for questions to my Effexor problem. I visited my uncle and found a local news paper that had information on new studies with Effexor. It said that it has been shown to make patients suicidal and more deppressed. I took Effexor for a year and two months. My doctor gave it to me after I told her about anxiety and low moods I had been going through. I stuck with it even though I felt little responses and some times episodes of explosive anger and mental anguish. It is not the first anti-deppressive medicine I take. I had in the past been given Celexa, and Paxil. All with in months or years of eachother. So I just stoped taking Effexor a month and a half ago. I did not stop cold turkey. It took three weeks of me taking smaller and smaller doses. But I read this article and I feel cheated by this medication. I attempted suicide twice with this medicine and thought about death seriously at least everyother day. I also had extream nightmares, being tired more, pains in my legs and feet that would come and go, and freak mood swings that I know are not linked to any other problem. After reading the article I searched and found this site. I want to know if there is anyone out there that has had this happen to them. And I want to know if there is anyone that knows if there is going to be a class action law suite against the makers of Effexor. If I did not have my friend there to talk and stop me, I don't know if I'd be here now. I have had deppression for years but never went as far as taking sleeping pills or breaking things around the house with what felt like uncontrolable rage. If there is anyone with info, let me know.
Thanks
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