Posted by TheyThirst on June 22, 2006, at 20:35:28
I'm a 24 year old male that has been battling with severe depression since age 8. At that age suicide first entered my mind and has hardly left it since. I self-medicated with marijuana, LSD, cocaine, heroine, and everything else I could get my hands on, from age 14-22. I started taking Effexor XR about a year and a half ago leaving illegal drugs behind. At first Effexor made me angry and hostile to everyone around. I started fights with strangers. After two weeks I adjusted and I felt "normal" for the first time. That lasted maybe, nine months. I had to keep raising my dose every month or so. I'm taking 300 mg a day now and feel like I did before I started taking it. What happens when the drugs don't work? What happens when therapy does nothing for the pain? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE SO F**KING TIRED OF FEELING THIS WAY?!?!?!? What's left when it never gets better?
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