Posted by JenJenJen on November 3, 2005, at 11:15:42
In reply to Effexor took me from deep depression to normalacy, posted by The Bunnie on November 2, 2005, at 4:42:33
Bunnie,
I hear ya sister! I've been enjoying the benefits of Effexor as well. My only struggle is the lack of energy I feel that it causes. I will hopefully combat this with an additional med, possibly Wellbutrin. Good luck and glad to hear it's working well for you!
Jen
> Doing a google for effexor certainly opens your eyes. I was in a double blind study and found out that I was on Effexor XR.
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> At the end of the week that I had ramped up to three 75mg a day, I realized that I was not crying every morning, that the world was not all black, that I wasn't responsible for everything that went wrong and that I can't fix everything that is wrong and I wasn't a failure for trying to do that.
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> It is disheartening to see others who have had problems with this med. I can only hope that I don't burn out on this one as I did on Paxil and Wellbutrin and so many others.
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> I have come from the point that I really, really wanted to die every day, mornings were the most horrible for some reason I don't understand, to where I function pretty much normal.
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> There are factors in my life concerning someone else that will deteriorate and that I can't fix and that have caused me huge pain before. I can only try to maintain my stability in what will become a much more miserable situation.
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> I may or may hit hit a point where Effexor XR causes me problems, but so far my blood pressure is 100% normal, I have energy to stay up until the wee hours of the night and get a few hours of sleep and my appetite has gone down so much that I have lost 20 pounds in about two months and my blood sugar has come down to normal most every day with the occasional spike from eating a bunch of bread.
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> I will see what happens as months go by but for now, this has been a great return to a normal life (not that my life could ever have been considered normal - way too mild for The Bunnie.)
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