Posted by mbluett on October 15, 2005, at 12:58:28
Hi All,
I have been following this informative board for a good few years now and one thing that I have noticed is the pain people endure on Effexor. By this I mean tolerating unbelieveable side effects in order to 'stick with' the medication (s) that is/are prescribed for them. I have been one of those patients in the past.
It saddens me to see that pharmaceutical companies, and Wyeth in particular, had to stoop so low with Effexor as to make it a physically addictive drug in order to guarantee themselves profits. That is Western medicine...A cure would be futile to profit taking. Doctors and psychiatrists try so hard to soften the description of addiction to antidepressants, hypnotics and anxiolytics. They try and make the patient look like the ones who is at fault. As if it were a personal weakness to experience discomfort whilst using or attempting cessation of these powerful drugs.
I am writing this for those of you that have had enough of living half a life whilst on medication. I was on Effexor for about 10 years. Sure, I had been placed on the medication to assist me in recovering from the paralysing depressions that I used to experience. Over the years on Effexor I began to feel less and less like myself. My zext for life had been sapped from my body, my cognitive abilites and sexual potency were drained away from me. It was not like I was experiencing age related declines in those areas either. I was placed on Effexor when I was 22 years old. I merely began to exist...I had no passion for life...no ups, no downs, no interest in personal achievement, no concern for others....just TOTAL APATHY!! Not a great way to live. I find it ironic that the medication designed and manufactured to relieve us of emotional pain and personal entropy to be the medications that turn us into passionless citizens of the world.
Anyway after realising that I was moving deeper and deeper into a state of nothingness I decided to give self-respect and natural supplements another go. I weened myself off 300mg of Effexor XR over 4 months and then added Solgar V2000 (a high potency multivitamin and multimineral), 5-HTP, Acetyl l-carnitine and SAM-e to the mix. Those supplements along with some positive self-assurance and self-love (something that is quite difficult to do when you're depressed) have allowed me take every step toward living a joyful and creative life. I have by no means attained that state yet, but it is certainly on the horizon.
I am a month down the line and I can say that I'm holding out well. I realise that it is going to take some time for my body to re-adjust itself to my biological homeostasis state prior to Effexor. I look forward to having my memory and reasoning back and also the sense of physical and sexual attraction. I look forward to being the virile, passionate male that I was prior to Effexor.
Say NO to the Pharmaceutical giants with their zombie potions and start living as who you're meant to be. Everything is possible, just believe it so. Believe your ability to heal yourself. We are all great and perfect creations in our own right. All the best.
poster:mbluett
thread:567170
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