Posted by Doloris on Tuesdays on June 25, 2004, at 0:07:56
I am going cold-turkey off of 300mg per day of effexor xr. (I took it for the last 9 years.) It's been almost 2 weeks and my brain is fried from the electrical currents constantly going thru it. I am afraid. I am so angry and agressive and abusive. I have been kicking my dogs, throwing furniture around the house with extreme force, being sarcastic and cruel when anyone talks to me. I have been going to some classes this summer and have had to sit in the back away from everyone else, because I'm afraid I'll hurt someone. Someone put their purse under the table where I was sitting, I took off my shoes and put my feet on her purse. I kept pushing really hard on her purse and wanting to ruin anything inside of it. Thank god no one noticed me. Someone sat down next to me and invaded my "space", and I just put my stuff on top of hers and kept taking notes. I wanted to kill this woman. Instead of consentrating on the seminar, I was thinking of ways to torture this woman, to kill her slowly, begging for mercy. Is anyone else having these extreme forms of agression. I'm so terrified that I'm really gonna hurt someone or something. My nephew's wedding is next weekend. I don't know if I can fake being happy and nice. I've been carrying a small pillow in my bag. Everytime I get a chance to be alone--I scream at the top of my lungs into this pillow.
I'm so tired all the time, don't want to do anything, and feel resentful when I have to.
There is no way I'll ever go back on effexor simply because of what is happening to me now.
I am taking 300 mg of Wellbutrin now, and have not noticed any change at all in my behavior or thoughts. The only positive side effect of going off of effexor is that now I remember what it's like to be horny. On effexor, I never had an orgasim. Is there anyone out there who is completely off this drug? How long did it take?
And I mean cold-turkey. Do you feel like a "normal" person now?
poster:Doloris on Tuesdays
thread:360067
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