Posted by zander on March 10, 2005, at 10:21:06
In reply to March 10th, posted by Broken on March 10, 2005, at 7:39:27
Dear Chris,
I am sorry that your expectations were not met...I hope that you have a Plan B in case things start heading south (especially, if you have a rapid onset of symptoms). I think letting other people know of your situation is a good idea and I hope that they are reliable in a critical situation. The reason I mention this is that I had a 'black out' while working with my supervisor (who knew I was having problems) and she did NOTHING!!!!! Go figure.
I sincerely wish that you had decided to discontinue one medication at a time - especially since you could identifiy which was causing difficulties (if any). Perhaps you might consider taking the Effexor for a while longer until your body gets used to being off the Lamictal. Then decrease the Effexor.
Has been over three hours since your post. How are you doing at this point? Please let us know.
You are in my thoughts - please be good to yourself!
Regards,
Marie> First, thanks for the well wishes Marie, and good to hear from you Ed!
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> Today promises to be interesting. My luck with no withdrawal effects finally failed.
> I am *extremely* light headed. While sitting I am pretty good, anything else and I have to pay attention the best I can, or risk falling as hard as the grandma in those old Lifealert commercials. "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
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> Had a little bit of a problem with nausea last night. Ate dinner and all was good there. Lots of vivid dreaming, but not nightmares, just really weird dreams about vacationing in Mexico. I have no idea why that was the subject, I have no desire to vacation in Mexico, I haven't even been to Mexico.
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> I woke up several times during the night also, so I'm tired as well as being dizzy.
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> Emotionally, eh, I don't know. I feel as if I am on the verge of something, but hell if I know what it is.
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> Still, no sickness or discomfort yet, or seizures ofcourse. I'm not ruling out anything at all anymore, and I have made people aware of my situation at work incase anything serious comes up. Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting this. Right now, I'm good.
poster:zander
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