Posted by Blissful_Girl_NOT on December 31, 2003, at 17:13:49
In reply to Re: Going through Effexor Withdrawl now, posted by Vasterling on December 31, 2003, at 16:12:32
I went through the speech problems too. I either could not pronounce words correctly or I just could not remember the word I wanted to use. I managed to cover it with most people by just laughing it off and saying I was just having one of those days when my mouth wasn't connected to my brain. Most people just laughed it off with me. That did not last very long for me though...maybe a week or so.
The speech problems happend at the same time as the agitation/irritible/hostile feelings. The agitation and sudden waves of irritability were a little harder to manage but my pdoc gave me a simple approach to literally "snap" myself out of those waves. He had me put a rubber band around my wrist and give myself a sharp snap as soon as I started feeling agitated or hostile for no apparent reason. I didn't think it was going to help, but it did. The quick shift of focus in my thoughts and just making myself "aware" that this was happening "snapped" me out of that problem in under a week.
-Bliss
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