Posted by seeknsolace on May 2, 2004, at 21:01:01
In reply to Re: relative efficacy of Effexor to the SSRIs » seeknsolace, posted by TanyaJean on May 2, 2004, at 17:10:10
I'm feeling more icky and whiney about my cold then I am about the withdrawals.. it just sucks just a simple head cold always turns into some head/chest infection and I have no health insurance, but anyways, I had diff things on 5 htp too.. both good and bad. I thought maybe its just a matter of adapting and level of dosage, so by trial and error. Maybe it will work, maybe it wont.. but worth a shot (i'm speaking for myself.) Life wasnt very beautiful the first few weeks of being on effexor either, took time to adjust, but with this.. there shouldnt be the severity of the withdrawals.
One remarkable difference I noticed since taking it, my body didnt hurt even half as much today as it did all the days prior.
I did the dramamine too, I'm not sure if it helped.. maybe a little. I think the best medicine is rest, but having children we need to take care of, esp at the pre-teen rebelious stage, who can rest. I know I felt better this weekend (doing nothing) then as I did all last week while working and having unnecessary tension. I also notice when 'tension triggers' happen, I feel at my worst then too.. maybe something to all that..
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> I'm glad you're feeling better! Very sorry about the cold!! I had read a few weeks ago about 5-htp for something entirely different. A few weeks ago someone wrote about "Nux Vomica" and the name makes me want to do just that. It sort of helps. I guess. I can't stand to even look at the name. So I don't take them that often. I had taken Dramamine at the beginning of all this because I had the same feeling as with motion sickness. It took a slight edge off.
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