Posted by sunny10 on February 16, 2005, at 15:01:47
In reply to Re: Amry's On Ecstasy » Angielala, posted by dancingstar on February 16, 2005, at 14:32:20
I don't kow about you, dancingstar, but I stopped taking it about five months ago and my brain is still not back to normal. (And, yes, it was a HORRID withdrawal, but I won't go into that here- it's all been said on the med board)
I always won all of the spelling bees at school, was a good writer, had an excellent memory for details (almost OCD-like), and consistently thought twenty steps ahead (which comes in handy in my career).
Now I can't spell, can hardly form comprehensible sentences, forget things within five minutes, and can barely think at all- forget about thinking ahead!
I may be more able to "deal with my emotions", which means that the Effexor managed my chemicals long enough for the therapy to have an affect, but am now so stressed over the "med's rotten leftovers", that I now suffer from stress instead of MDD !
I'm not sure that I would have chosen stress (and all of it's inherent bodily illnesses) over dpression if I had been told by the docs that one would be replaced by the other by taking the meds...
Yes, people need a voice. It's too late for me, but it's not for someone who will be diagnosed and medicated tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, next decade... Hopefully THEY, at least will accept a medication with "informed consent"...
Thank you for doing what I would never be strong enough to do. I really think what you're doing is great!
-sunny10
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