Posted by TwinkleNHisEye on August 2, 2006, at 20:00:40
Wow you guys have totally freaked me out now. I've been dealing with some heavy stressful personal issues the past year. I've noticed in the past 3-4 months a depressive state has fallen over me. I'm tired constantly, no enthusiasm, feelings of sadness to name a few. I had my annual physical today and talked to my doctor about all this. I asked her for something to temporarily help me take the edge off and help get me to a balanced state of mind. It's kind of ironic in that I've always been very 'anti-anti-depressants', believing that depression was the sign of weakness and could easily be overcome by sheer will power and strength. Only now that's it's actually happened to me, am I willing to research the topic and actually take an anti-depressant myself.
Anyway, my doctor suggested Effexor XR. I took the first 37.5mg capsule tonight and over the next 6 days will work up to the 75mg. I'm praying that the combination of medication and counseling (which I started several weeks ago) will help me to come out of this dark place I've been in - this is truly horrible. I plan on taking this medication very short term and hope that I don't experience the withdrawal symptoms that I've read about.
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