Posted by Althea8869 on February 6, 2004, at 12:18:28
In reply to Re: someone help, posted by fastblackZZR on February 6, 2004, at 9:56:18
> i began wellbutrin XL the day i began tapering off of effexor. i'm taking 300 mg. of the wellbutrin. i am guessing it's helping. you know how different we all are - i don't tolerate prozac well. it changes my personality for the worse. i agree with your comment on the drug companies.
> when you were tapering the effexor and then not taking it at all, did you experience intense feelings of doom and uncontrollable crying?
The emotional symptoms I had were not nearly as bad as the physical/mental ones I had - the "brain shock" as theyre often referred to as were really debilitating. Emotionally I simply did the best I could to rationalize the situation. Just a sidbar here, but I have found that happiness, to some extent, can be found in knowing that there is something to look forward to. Just try to concentrate on anything and everything that you have to look forward to(im sure that despite the way you feel, there are many things - not the least of which is feeling better - which you will - trust me).Incidentally, how is the wellbutrin working for you, i think thats the drug Im going to try next. Im on remeron right now and it hasnt done a thing for me except to help me sleep, which seems to be tru of many who take it, I think its like trazodone in that way, great for sleep, not widely effective for depression. Speaking of wellbutrin, I found an excellent article on it online, I'll see if I can find it and post you.
Hang in there.
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