Posted by joecrybaby on December 30, 2003, at 18:07:36
In reply to Effexor XR withdrawals after quitting cold turkey, posted by marta on October 29, 2003, at 12:42:10
my name is joe and i quit taking effexor after 4 months of being sick of not being able to live my life and not being able to experience any emotion. i am 21 and this has been the hardest year of my life. ive been on 4 anti depressants over the past year, and none of them worked, and after this experience i will never try another. i feel like i have lost control of my life. ive been overly suicidal, yet i am not depressed. my brain just feels like its not working. its a giant cloud. i cant concentrate and i lost my memory capacity. basically i live the days just recalling what i can remember because i am incapable of living my life and creating new ones. anyways, it took me 2 months to get off effexor, cutting it down from 150 to 75, then to 37.5, then to nothing. its been over a month since ive done this and i am still living in a personal hell. i heard trying to take other meds like going on prozac near the end could help, but i am unsure. i am also unsure as to what effect this might have since i have been off meds for the past month. i could really use some help from anybody. i am a senior at a prestigious college, and i want to enjoy my life again, as well as make up for some of the bad grades caused by this pain. any help would be greatly appreciated. i just want to know how much longer i am supposed to be going through this. you can leave a message here, or my email is jcolon@ucsd.edu ... i would be so thankful to anyone who could help...thanks
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