Posted by Laurajean on February 3, 2004, at 22:07:29
In reply to Re: Effexor w/d.....ack! Help!, posted by jiggitykid on February 3, 2004, at 16:34:06
Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for your help w/this.....it's good to know I'm not freaking going crazy! The first time I had any withdrawal symptoms I just missed ONE dose b/c I ran out and I got so horribly sick. It always seemed easier to stay on it than try to come off, but I don't want to be on any drug that messes this much w/my body.Someone mentioned vicodin...did your doc prescribe it or did you have the good fortune of having some around? Is there any other otc stuff u can use to "take the edge off" the symptoms? I might try benadryl and I've been taking ibuprofen.
Also.....this might be a weird question...but i 'm 28; I've been on some form of psychotropic meds (mostly anti-d's) since I was 13. I've had virtually NO sex drive, which I blamed on past trauma. But I am now thinking it could equally be the fact I've on antidepressants since beginning puberty and that at the very least, it hasn't helped! Funny my docs have never been concerned....I am looking forward to seeing what happens as I come off. It will be my first time OFF psych meds in fifteen years! :)
Thanks again,
laura
poster:Laurajean
thread:12459
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