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Re: Long time user of Effexor

Posted by TinMan on October 1, 2005, at 18:09:21

In reply to Re: Long time user of Effexor » TinMan, posted by liza29 on October 1, 2005, at 13:41:20

I am addicted to caffeine. And the withdrawal is hell. The headaches, the irritability, the tiredness of trying to "get off" caffeine.

I love my coffee and intend to drink it until I die. It helps "motivate" me but doesn't help with anxiety, GAD, or depression.

OK, I guess the point I am trying to make is this: Effexor, even with all it's side effects and possible withdrawal symptoms, has really helped me. I would rather be tired, calm and pay a bill late once in a while than be an irritable, anal, nervous person. But that is just me.

Now, I am trying this: taking 75 mg of Effexor right before bedtime along with 7.5 mg of Remeron. In the morning, I take another 75 mg of Effexor along with 150 mg of Wellbutrin. My goal is to get off the Remeron and Wellbutrin. I can live with taking Effexor the rest of my life, if I feel like I need to. Effexor has shut off the "chatter" in my head; the second guessing, and the anxiety. I can feel now. Since I can think now, I can sit with my feelings and know why I am feeling them. (Does this make sense?) They aren't bad or wrong. They just are. I don't have to act on them. But now, I can actually feel them without the knee jerk reactions that I used to have.

And, yes, while we all have lives, some of the people who take the time to post on this board have truly helped me. A lot. So, thanks to all of you who take the time to help a stranger.


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