Posted by soremama on January 5, 2004, at 13:42:26
I've been pretty dizzy for about 5 months now. It began when I was really sick back in August, and didn't take my effexor for a few days. I got dizzy, but as my cold got better, my dizziness got better, but never went away all together.
So in Dec, I get sick again, and the dizziness starts again, but with a headache & sore lymph nodes. It wasn't a bad cold and I took my effexor every day. I only miss a dose every once in a while and have been taking 150 mg every day for about 7 months.
My "dizziness" sounds a lot like brain shivers, but with the headache too, I'm not quite sure. And like I said, I'm still on the drug. They feel like my brain is moving inside my head at a different rate then I move my head - or - worms racing through the top of my brain - or - pressure of something moving in a big clump across the top of my head. I have had a pretty constant headache for the past 4 weeks or so. My lymph nodes were sore under my arms for about a week when I was sick. I wasn't too sick, and I thought that was an exptreme reaction. I've also been noticing at times when I get a really dizzy reaction my right eye blacks out a bit. I also seem to have a weird twitching/moving thing with my right leg.
I have taken Alivert (sp?) which is an anti-dizzy medication and didn't help at all. I should be getting an MRI soon so I hope to find out more.
I can't stop taking this because it's helping so much. I'm in constant pain in my pelvis and this is the only thing that keeps me from cutting my pelvis out :(
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