Posted by satsumas on May 13, 2008, at 20:06:52
In reply to Re: Emsam switching to Effexor question NEED HELP!, posted by satsumas on May 3, 2008, at 19:24:51
UPDATE: It's over a week later and I am still feeling the worst depression I've ever felt. Just moved up to 150mg of Effexor. Cannot believe I am in such a hole. Entire life is just blankness and hopeless -- I have been without work (due to leaving my job on my own accord as it wasn't the right place for me) since January, did fine in Feb March while I was on Emsam, but the bottom fell out in April and its just been getting worse.
Ever since stopping the Emsam I feel like the bottom has fallen out of an already terrible depression. At this point I am putting all my faith in Effexor starting to work and am titrating up as fast as possible but the suicidal thoughts just aren't stopping...it's been constant, for 6 weeks now.
BEWARE for anyone else thinking about stopping Emsam cold turkey -- not sure it's such a good idea. Even though the MAO enzyme grows back at a relatively slow pace, it still turned my atypical depression into a horrifically melancholic, suicidal, staring-at-the-walls experience that I have no idea how I am going to get out of. I just take it a day at a time and put it in God's hands and trust that my brain isn't processing reality accurately right now.
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