Posted by Racer on September 29, 2006, at 14:24:31
In reply to Re: I signed the BAN EFFEXOR petition » notfred, posted by tizza on September 29, 2006, at 4:38:31
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> That is my point exactly, most of my friends who have eaten effexor have become very ill indeed while stopping it.OK, granted, Effexor isn't very friendly when you stop it.
Did it work while you took it? Frankly, that's much more of an issue for me, when considering a drug. Don't you think?
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> I'm only one of the thousands upon thousands who have reported this hell, I'm glad you got off with minor discomfort, but I didn't, so please let everyone explain their personal stories.
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>OK, my personal story about Effexor is that it didn't work all that well for me, stopped working pretty much entirely within about two years, and withdrawal was hell.
It also saved my life.
My view on the drug? I wish it had worked better for me, I'm grateful that it worked as well as it did -- it wasn't great, but it was good enough for me to be functional on it, which probably saved my life -- and I had a hell of a hard time stopping it. It's a good drug, in this imperfect world. It certainly worked better than some of the other drugs I've been on, had fewer side effects for the most part, and the withdrawal, while uncomfortable, wasn't impossible. (Please don't try to tell me it must not have been as bad for me as it is for others. There's no heirarchy of suffering, and this isn't a contest.) And no drug is evil, which is a point I won't belabor.
Withdrawal is manageable -- but more importantly, it doesn't last forever. It may feel as though it does, but it really doesn't.
Let's allow the drug to be helpful to those whom it helps, and just regret that we weren't part of that number.
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