Posted by TamaraJ on June 18, 2005, at 22:18:32
In reply to anyone remember what they were like B4 meds?, posted by sleepygirl on June 18, 2005, at 20:52:02
I had never used medication until I was about 35, and that is when I had my first major depression. I went on Paxil, and within a month or so, I was feeling like my old self. I made the mistake of stopping the small maintenance dose I had been taking, and, when I got sick I became depressed again and have been on the med merry-go-round for months and months and months now. When I am on an AD that works, and works well, I feel a lot like I did before my first depression (which really went untreated for well over a year).
As for the Effexor, listen to your instincts. I, too, experienced continual apprehension and just feeling on edge or anxious the whole time I was on it. It was a very unpleasant feeling. I also had wicked night sweats and irregular periods and horrid myoclonus. But, none of these were caused by Effexor. Oh no!! My pdoc just kept upping the dose, and it wasn't until I got incredibily sick from Depo that he changed my AD (Effexor didn't even make a dent in the Depo depression). And, funnily, the anxiety subsided somewhat, the night sweats and myoclonus stopped, and, once the Depo wore off, my periods were back to normal. Hmmmm, wonder who was right about the Effexor side effects? Not my pdoc, that's for sure. Sorry, I am still a bit pissed about it because if he had listened to me instead of telling me I was perimenopausal, I would not have ended up getting the Depo shot.
Tamara
> I keep thinking, "Do I really need this medication?". It's strange because I don't think I even have enough, but sometimes I don't remember what I'm like without them. Oh sure I was anxious and depressed, and hallucinating a little, but is that so bad? hee,hee I'm still anxious a lot. I mentioned to my therapist that I thought maybe it was the effexor that makes me anxious. He did not agree.
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