Posted by Camille Dumont on July 25, 2004, at 1:47:56
In reply to Re: Feeling more intense?, posted by sageblue on July 24, 2004, at 22:54:26
Hmm... this is reall a strange situation. You see I went cold turkey (off both celexa and effexor) for a few days. My last dose of both was last saturday (july 17th) and I fought off the withdrawal (mainly dizzy and not feeling hunger until I became nauseous .. and being clumsy in general) but on Thursday it was just too much ... I felt like puking all the time, I was shivering one minute and then super hot the next so I caved and I popped a celexa and everything came back go nomal. Ever since Thursday I've thus only taken the celexa ... so I wonder .. was the withdrawal from the effexor or from teh celexa because right now, I have absolutely no withdrawal effects ... teh brain shivers are gone, I don,t have headaches, the clumsiness has stopped, etc.
I don't really see the "intense feelings" as being bad per say.It is difficult sometimes as i found out last week when I had to put down one of my pet rats ... but it was not unbearable and I doubt the meds would have made things much better anyway. I'm just a total sucker when it comes to animals.
The whole food craving thing makes sense in that since starting the meds, my diet sort of shifted itself away from anything related to meat or protein-packed stuff ... I became a total sugar addict and my diet consisted mainly of fruits / whole grain stuff / veggies and the occasional piece of cheese ... and LOTS of cofffee.
Now I find myself craving things like smoked meat, roasted chicken ... and tonight : steamed hot dogs with TONS of mustard on them. This is so "unlike" my normal self. I used to really dislike fatty / meaty things logved sugar packed stuff (when on the meds) whereas now the thought of say, eating a slice of pecan pie fills me with a nausea like feeling. Kind of weird but then agian, it might actually be good as I knwo my sugar addiction wasn't the best thing ever either.
Its as if instead of wanting sugar I want salty and vinegary-type foods. Hopefully I won't gain back what the effexor made me drop but I'm sort of expecting it.
All and all, I see the more intense feelings as a positive thing right now. Hopefully it will last a while ... I mean the "sad" parts are not fun but the "joyfull" parts are that much more enjoyable.
poster:Camille Dumont
thread:370133
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