Posted by cybercafe on October 29, 2003, at 16:01:04
In reply to SSRI and withdrawal and depression, help, posted by KimberlyDi on October 29, 2003, at 12:48:38
yeah effexor gave me high blood pressure too, but i'm glad it gave me an excuse to quit, because i couldn't stand the tremorsthen i went to celexa, which was the first SSRI to really blunt emotions (as oppose to just libido) .... now my doc has decided to put me on parnate, which i just started, and if it works as well as last time, i should be feeling fine in a matter of weeks!
> Normal. I'm having to quit Effexor because it raised my blood pressure. I'm bummed about it, bummed about the withdrawal, and bummed about considering "what is normal?". I know normal isn't the way I'm feeling right now. I'm tired and feel off-balance. No laughter. Music sounds strange. I'm back to wanting to crawl into my room and hide under the covers. Everything has gone into slow motion and my day is crawling by. I see my pdoc 11/4/03. I think I can hold on until then. Keep pretending that I'm normal.
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> I wish I were a bear that could hibernate for a few months and wake up skinny.
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> > what is normal? and what a shame that we want to be "normal", and at the same time its depressiong that we want our life back. Is this the way the rest of it is going to be? trying different meds., and finding what works?
> > think iam being a bit depressed....being on lexapro seems to have helped somewhat with my OCD and just abit with the anxiety....any suggestions? should i continue w/lexapro, or/and try something with it? :(
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