Posted by Gee on December 14, 2005, at 10:16:55
In reply to Re: Help Racer, Ed_uk, Med_empowered, SLS, posted by Phillipa on December 13, 2005, at 22:50:48
Thanks for the advice guys. I'm on Effexor 225 mmg everyday. I take it in the morning roughly around the same time. It only varies by like an hour from day to day.
My dose was upped to 225 last year around this time by my pdoc, but none of these symtoms effected me until about March/April of last year when I got my wisdom teeth out, and was put under. My doctor had no idea what was causing it, and neither did I at that time. The dentist thought it was because my jaw was over extended during the surgery because I also had massive jaw pain. So they gave me an appliance to lengthen out my jaw muscles, and it helped quite a bit. I was able to get off the couch and get out in the world again. It never went away completely but enough that I stopped worring about it.
But now, it's back. Not as strong as before, but just as fun. I'm dizzy, brain zaps (which for me start in my head and like a tingling shock goes to my left fingers. At times I feel like I might pass out), nausea, headaches, tiredness. I haven't added anything or taken anything away. I'm eating tons of fruit, and I think enough of everything else. Yesterday I got some ginger, and it seems to be helping with the nausea.
I'm sorta wondering if it's brought on by stress. Exam time right now and last year when it started it was also exam time. But then wouldn't it go away when exams were over? And a couple weeks ago I was way more stressed, and it didn't hit me this hard until the end of last week.
Right now, I'm really thinking I just want to get off Effexor because I can't live with the side effects. I'm going to try the electrolite thing for the next couple of days.
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