Posted by Sinaminika on March 23, 2004, at 10:57:49
In reply to Re: Going through Effexor Withdrawl now, posted by cpallen79 on March 23, 2004, at 9:10:47
I'm not sure how long I have been on Effexor but I had no idea of the withdrawl syptoms.
If I would have known they were as bad as they are I would have never agreed to start taking them.I only missed two days and I had severe side effects. I have never experienced such pain in my life.
I had what seemed to be electrical zaps in my brains. Grinding of teeth . Life like nightmares .
Confusion . It almost seemed like all brain activity was shutting down. It was unbearable.
After about a day of this I started to panic. I called my doctor and they were very unfriendly about the whole situation.
I then demanded someone get me my pills (because I was alone with my 1 year old daughter and I was scared that if something would happen to her I wouldn't be able to react .) trust me I didnt tell them that !
There was no possible way to drive at this point.
I had actually got a neighbor out of bed to drive me to the pharmacy to pick up the pills that the dr finally agreed to call in.
this never would have happened if the insurance company would have told me that after the first four phamacy visits the prescription then turned into a through the mail prescription.
So I ended up paying around 250.00 for a month supply since the insurance wouldn't cover it anymore "behind the counter "
Now I am left here sitting reading the posts about Effexor...I had to quit my job because of the whole effexor ordeal.
Now I am without insurance and I can't afford 250 a month on pills.
I called my dr yesterday and I asked nicely (this time) that they call in a lower dosage for me at my local pharmacy. I am assuming that they did .now I just have to wonder how am I suppose to come up with this money every month until I can completly stop taking this stuff ?
I can't afford to have the withdrawl symptoms due to having a small child with me.
I would rather be depressed then go through withdrawl symptoms. Everyone is different so withdrawl could last longer for certain people. It could be worse for certain people. is it worth having a chance that maybe someday something might happen to where you can't take your pills for a couple days ?
you forget them when you leave for a trip ?
or you loose your job and you can't afford the ridiculous price every single month ?
In my situation I would have to say that I wish I would have never been introduced to effexor.
I don't think its worth it in the long run.
It just doesn't work that good. Even on them I am still moody and I am tired all the time and I still feel depressed.
poster:Sinaminika
thread:1016
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040319/msgs/327369.html