Posted by medhed on January 22, 2005, at 21:59:29
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news » roobie, posted by dancingstar on January 22, 2005, at 21:11:05
this is so amazing. i was in suicidal depression and effexor did bring me out of that, but that's it. all these months i've been thinking it was me, not the pills. something in my head told me it was the drug, and that i shoud stop. even the pdoc told me it was the depression crippling me, 'take some more and some of this too.' why would she do that when she should have known? i even went to my medical doc and i was sure i was sick with something that they could only find with extensive testing. he thought my symptoms could be mono (gave me a blood test, test was N) but most likely it was the effexor. sweating, numbness, sexual disfunction, total apathy, loss of appetite but no weight loss at all, drenching night sweats, difficulty making desisions, and just a plain dulling of my personality. i tryed to quit but the withdrawl was scarey, so i'm on day 2 back on the med, i'm back to my old drugged self sans withdrawl. pdoc gets a call mon. and i will have to school her on how i should be weaned off, i'm sure she doesm't know! i complained to her some months back that 300mg. was too much and she dropped me down to 150mg... i've been sick since, with no hint it was the effexor. i guess i should feel lucky- i thought i was physically dying- so that should make the withdrawl worth it... better than cancer or diabetes. it's a damn shame i had to diagnos myself and it took so long. i could go on and on about my situation but i type with one finger and it's saturday night.
i love you guys for being here. martin aka medhed.
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