Posted by SLS on September 28, 2006, at 1:51:49
In reply to Re: Am I already addicted to Effexor after 3 month, posted by linkadge on September 27, 2006, at 19:20:02
> >So, what was your experience with Effexor?
>
> Well we can't go there. Lets just say I'm very fortunate that my dad keeps his guns well locked.Ok.
> (again, I don't want to transfer my experience onto others')
Well, perhaps you are. We really can't know. However, the negative perspective with which you approach mainstream antideperessants is obvious. That's ok with me as long as you don't take them away from me. Well, it really isn't ok with me. I really prefer that you don't act in ways that disuade people from trying antidepressants. You can, of course, but that's my preference.
I can't fault you for your sense of responsibility to want to inform people of what you see as dangers associated with certain drugs.
You are an extraordinarily intelligent person with a good memory and an exceptional intellect when it comes to the synthesis of ideas and the process of deductions regarding neuroscience. Your mind can be well-focused, productive, and accurate. Rules of civility don't allow me to make comments that describe the antithesis of that statement, but I do know that with myself, emotions can ruin some pretty good logic.
I see from one of your other posts that you are considering leaving Psycho-Babble. Maybe that's not such a bad idea. I don't mean that I would like to see you go, but perhaps you have reached a point in space where you would find it healthier to be somewhere else. It doesn't have to be a permanent or long-term change. It might only be for a few days to a few weeks to a few months. I am not endorsing your leaving and I am not making any judgments as to what is best for you. I am just offering a possibility.
Oh, well.
It's too bad Effexor is such an effective drug - better than the SSRIs. It is not so easy to dismiss it when there aren't a hell of a lot of alternatives. It is more difficult to discontinue than most of the other antidepressants, but is not alone in possessing the familiar serotonin reuptake inhibitor discontinuation syndrome. People have difficulties with Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft too. If doctors paid as much attention to the taper schedule as they do to the titration schedule, perhaps fewer people would have to experience withdrawal effects.
You know, I find the bashing of psychiatric drug to be extremely distasteful. They are all we have. It serves very little purpose to berate them and scare us and attempt to take them away from us unless you can come up with a better solution now. Not later. Now. To say that their side effects are not worth their being available is to say that our pain is not worth the risks that we as adults are willing to assume. Cancer drugs involve acute and assured side effects. Who determines that mental illness is not as serious as cancer? I know what the risks are of taking Effexor. I know how difficult it can be to discontinue. I will take it again, if it is all the same to you. Leave my drugs alone!
- Scott
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