Posted by gabbix2 on March 25, 2004, at 16:29:24
In reply to Re: Don't Worry About Withdrawal Symptoms! » gabbix2, posted by Sad Panda on March 24, 2004, at 23:27:43
> > > The whole idea here is to increase your quality of life. If you are not willing to risk a few weeks or maybe months of withdrawal, then maybe you are not uncomfortable enough (>
> That's not really Effexor's fault that your depression is drug resistant is it.Nowhere did I say it was Effexors fault.
I said "trying effexor"The original post claimed that people who fear the withdrawal of a medication might not need
medication badly enough to want to try to improve their situation. I had gone through repeated
trials and was terrified to go on yet another (Effexor) but I did it. It cost me another 5 months of my life because of the excruciating withdrawal.I was emphasizing how scary it can be to keep trying medications when you know you may have to
turn around and withdraw from them, something which is very likely with refractory severe depression. I was stating that the fear of withdrawal for many likely had little to do (as was stated) with not having a "bad enough depression" to need drugs.Effexor worked great for my sister I'm not knocking it as a medication, I was simply stating that my fear of trying yet another drug was justified in this case.
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