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Posted by jane d on July 26, 2003, at 20:50:15
In reply to Re: Very nicely done! :) » Dinah, posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 19:20:50
> Dear Dinah,
>
> I'm sorry but I am not understanding what was so nicely done. All the girls read the response by Dr. Bob or the apology, but unless there are seven of us girls that are really super slow (I am the least intelligent or book smart of all the girls)we didn't get it. We didn't understand the apology of sorts at all.
>
> Also, as a monitor - I've read a few of your posts and I see that you have OCD - do you put time limits on your ability to post?
>
> The girls didn't know if you worked directly for Dr. Bob or what and seen the amount of your postings in social and there seems to be more from you than others. I think they were also worried about being in social because it makes us feel like everything we say is going to be scrutinized - and let me tell you - trying to find our posts is very hard.
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> I do thank you for your trying to make us understand how things worked - and I doubt this posting is going to work. Looks like for the first time since I've been on psycho babble - my name and password are gone - have I been booted? I shall soon see.
>
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> If you are just like the rest of us girls, our apologies to you, we do not want to make you feel bad or disrespect your "social" space. If you are just a worker for Dr. Bob - then hopefully you could understand - there are a lot of messed-up unhappy girls because of the last few days.
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> CherCher,
I'd also like to welcome you and your friends to this board. I think that if you have a little patience many of the things that confuse you now will become clear. Many of us had to spend a lot of time reading the other posts when we first started posting to figure out what was happening here and how things worked.One thing you said did worry me a little bit however:
"being in social because it makes us feel like everything we say is going to be scrutinized". Don't forget that all of these boards are public boards - and that everything you say on them will be read by many people now and in future years. Don't be misled into thinking you are in a private place just because few people are answering your posts. There are tons of private groups on the internet (and it takes minutes to create your own) but this isn't one of them. To my mind that's one of the things that makes it great.Jane
Posted by jane d on July 26, 2003, at 20:56:43
In reply to Re: I am very hurt by that post....., posted by Dinah on July 26, 2003, at 20:33:24
You tried to do what needed to be done when nobody else was doing it. That's always appreciated. Next time it will be someone else's turn. - jane
Posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 21:09:58
In reply to Re: Don't be! » Dinah, posted by jane d on July 26, 2003, at 20:56:43
Dear Dinah,
I know what you did was a very nice thing, and I do appreciate your help.
It's just that some people thought you actually worked for Dr. Bob and didn't understand that as a monitor - you are also here for understanding too.
I read only a few of your posts to us and thought the same thing as well until I came across the OCD post. I clean my house and brush my teeth sometimes up to 10 times a day, I wash my hands too much and I repeat myself over & over - I wake and do the same things - any variance in my day - blows me a part.
I didn't have time to try going over all your posts but I only know one person in my life to have OCD except my brother who washes his hands too much.
I was amazed that you share these things in public and are a monitor. You're sharing is helping in two ways, helping other people like me who have ocd know we're not alone and by being a monitor and making sure everything is civil. I commend you for it.You seem 95% more optomistic in life than I am and that's just the few posts you did recently with trying to help us girls understand - and just the few posts in Babble that I have read regarding your personal life. Since you are so optimistic - maybe you felt that Dr. Bob's apology or explanation was going to make us feel better - I for one am more pessimistic and didn't quite get it. I wish I was more optomistic (sorry - I am probably spelling it wrong too huh - can't be it and can't spell it either).
Again, I am so sorry and did not mean to offend you. I am not sure if I addressed all the things that have hurt you, but I may be mean to guys that tick me off in real life, but I would never ever want to hurt you on purpose Dinah.
Big Hugs and again,
I'm Sorry.
Cher
Posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 21:22:42
In reply to Re: Another welcome » CherC68, posted by jane d on July 26, 2003, at 20:50:15
Dear Jane,
Thank you for the Welcome.
What I meant was scrutinized is by being afraid to talk about religion - because there is a faith babble - or if we talk about our med's its going to be rerouted to the medical section of babble - there's so many babbles on here, that the girls in the Effexor section formed a bond - there are about 10 of us that post regularly. We welcomed others and we talked about our meds and fears & hopes etc.
I guess a message by one of the girls getting rerouted freaked me and most of the others out.
Scrutinized means to me - dont' talk about faith in social - don't talk about meds in social - don't talk about social things in meds.
That's what I meant.
Also, please understand that many of us girls are emaling to each other now - some of us before this rerouting took place and some of us are new at it I've had about 20 babble posts today and 70 emails from the girls. We miss our Babble - and we're tired because we took this so emotionally hard.
Thanks for listening.
Hugs,
Cher
Posted by Dinah on July 26, 2003, at 21:46:30
In reply to Re: I'm Sorry, posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 21:09:58
Thanks for the apology, Cher. No, I don't work for Dr. Bob in any way. I'm just a poster who really loves Babble and volunteered to help out when he's unavailable. However, my involvement as a deputy is minimal. This is Dr. Bob's board. Almost all of my many posts are made by me as a fellow poster. If I am acting as deputy, I am clear to say so.
I suppose that being new here, and not being familiar with Dr. Bob's posting style, you aren't aware that that was really a very nice apology, Dr. Bob style. So perhaps you misinterpreted my positive reinforcement to him as being something negative towards you all.
Optimistic is not a word that I see very often applied to me. But I do try to see the best in people.
No hard feelings. I hope you come to find to find Babble as supportive a place as I have.
Dinah
Posted by noa on July 26, 2003, at 22:16:32
In reply to Re: Very nicely done! :) » Dinah, posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 19:20:50
Cher--sometimes if you don't see your name and password in the posting form, it is just because the cookies have been erased from your computer or you are at a new computer. Could that be what happened?
Your post did come through.
Dinah is just a participant who has volunteered to help Dr. Bob (he asked for help). I think the reason there are so many posts from her right now is she was really trying to help y'all understand how this site works.
I really suggest taking some time to read the FAQs page--it explains the deputy moderator bit, and many other things about this site.
I am glad y'all did find your way here. It is a good board and we like having new people.
Posted by noa on July 26, 2003, at 22:27:38
In reply to Re: I'm Sorry » CherC68, posted by Dinah on July 26, 2003, at 21:46:30
Cher,
It may seem rigid how these boards are divided up. Someone mentioning religion here isn't going to get them redirected. But if a discussion ensues that is mainly about religion, yes, it will be redirected. That is because of the history of what has happened with religious discussions--they tend to get very heated very fast. So, a new board focusing on religion/faith seemed to help. Although there are still issues that arise sometimes with the faith board, because it seems easy to slip into saying things that make other people feel put down for their beliefs, etc.
The reason for the separation of the boards has to do with the high volume of posts. It can be very confusing to sort through posts if you are someone looking for medication info and there are a lot of posts that are more social in nature, and vice versa.
Medication does sometimes get talked about here but if it is really about the meds per se, it will get redirected.
I hope the confusion won't scare the "effexor club" off from being part of the PBSocial community!
Posted by NThompson on July 27, 2003, at 13:15:03
In reply to Re: Effexor Club Hello! Welcome, posted by noa on July 26, 2003, at 9:29:21
Good Morning Everyone,
I just wanted to share my views and opinions on the subject...
I actually don't care which psycho babble we need to go to because the truth is I am glad you are all here! At a time in which I was in an extremely dark place, somehow I found you all. I am grateful for that. You were the light I needed to see to find my way out.
All of you have given me support and advice at times that I needed it. And you all allowed me to have a voice and IDENTITY again.
I know most of you girls(Effexor Club) don't know Dinah, but while I was searching Psycho Babbles I have posted with Dinah a few times and she has been nothing but encouraging. I did see her post to Dr. Bob, and yes to us it was a bit confusing, and I took it as that maybe she was suggesting that he did a good job trying to start the transaction of moving us to social.
I do want to be able to talk about anything that is effecting me. That is part of the reason that I came to this website. To understant my depression and medications that is all foreign to me. Ironic huh, I have been depressed for years and I know nothing about it! And if I have any problems or stress in my life, that effects my depression which in turns turns into my meds issuse because....IS IT WORKING?! So I know that we want to talk about day to day things. And I encourage it. I have many friends and family...however, not one of them understands what I'm going through. So I don't have anyone to talk to. I feel as though I have great "old" (not referring to anyone's age) friends.
I want to keep talking to you all. And for those who are new to the site and have been reading these posts, it is probably blowing your mind. However, keep posting, these sites are wonderful. The support you get here is great. This was in part a misunderstanding and so far everyone on this site is someone in which I would want as a friend.
Keep up the support,
Nyia
Posted by gabbix2 on July 27, 2003, at 14:03:44
In reply to Everyone please read, posted by NThompson on July 27, 2003, at 13:15:03
Man am I tuned out..
Posted by CherC68 on July 27, 2003, at 15:56:38
In reply to What is the Effexor Club?? » NThompson, posted by gabbix2 on July 27, 2003, at 14:03:44
Sorry Gabbix2 - The Effexor Club was a name one of the posters came up with because we had been posting in Psycho Babble (the medicine part of babble) under the Effexor section for a while now. It was a group of people and we had gotten to know each other through postings.
Since some of us are not on Effexor anymore and since we got to know each other and give so much support to each other - we started talking more about our personal lives instead of talking about the medicines we were on.
Dr. Bob had redirected our posts to Social Babble and many of us could not find our posts - and some had posts that could not be responded to because we couldn't find it.
When this happened it turned many of our worlds upside down - we were used to posting in a certain section, had posts out with no response and it seemed like our bond had been broken.
Don't get me wrong, any newcomers to posting in the original Effexor section was more than welcome and we did our best to help answer questions and include them at all times. This was not a sorority or an exclusive club.
Believe me, I bet you that there is not one person who posts on Babble that really want to be here. We would rather be fine, no meds, no depression, no anxiety, no crisis, no mental crap, but, we have all those and we loved coming to Babble every single day and hear from each other.
The move to social babble was too much for most of us to take. The redirect in many of our eyes felt like rejection.
Our heels are cooling a bit now, and we are gathering our thoughts and don't want to loose the bond we had. Also, a few girls stated that they feel bad that there are others in the original Babble that are not going to benefit from our help.
It's not exclusive, its just that it may take us time to adjust to coming to "Social" babble.
I've been looking through social babble and notice several postings by the same people and that's exactly what we had - but in Psycho Babble - not Social Babble.
I hope this clarifies it a bit for you - and want you to know that it wasn't really an Effexor Club, I'm not on Effexor any longer, but it was just a bond of posters helping each other by listening, caring and offering suggestions whether it be about the medicine, about therapy or lack thereof and of personal crisis.
Take Care,
Cher
Posted by gabbix2 on July 27, 2003, at 16:08:58
In reply to Re: What is the Effexor Club?? » gabbix2, posted by CherC68 on July 27, 2003, at 15:56:38
I was on Effexor.
And if the pills had feelings I would stab one with a pin just to hear it scream.
It wasn't a good match ; 0
Thanks for clearing that up I was lost.
Welcome.
Posted by NThompson on July 28, 2003, at 11:22:35
In reply to What is the Effexor Club?? » NThompson, posted by gabbix2 on July 27, 2003, at 14:03:44
gabbix2,
Hi there. I think Cher pretty much summed it up. We have all formed a bond of friendship with each other not just support. And when Dr. Bob told up that we had to go somewhere else...Well it felt like a slap in the face. I don't agree with Dr. Bob and I am pretty upset with him. But I don't want my being upset with him discourage others from receiving the support they need from these sites. I found it and it has helped me 100%. To let me know that I'm not alone.
We all (I) felt as if Dr. Bob was telling us that we can post what side effects we had, but can't receive the support we needed to get through them. Anyway, the "effexor club" is a loosely used term because, there really isn't a club, just some friends, and we all can use more friends.
I hope your support and help are welcomed warmly.
NThompson
Posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:28:33
In reply to Re: huh » CherC68, posted by CherC68 on July 25, 2003, at 21:35:35
Honestly, Effexor-ites, I've been wondering how long it would be before DrBob would redirect us. I always tried to insert SOMETHING about a med but face it, we were becoming more Emotional Support for each other instead of sharing our experience with AD's. I think we can be friends here also, and also lurk in the other to find new recruits for our Club. We aren't an exclusive club, but I think we all bonded.
Missed you guys. I've been offline since 7/24/03 pm.
KDi in TX> After Reading the posts, it's just not the same, maybe tomorrow this section will be more inviting, but right now, just trying to get used to coming to this section is kinda - okay - it's not kinda it's very hard.
>
> Now, I have to switch back and forth trying to read everything so I can figure out where to put the relevant information or questions or whatever - dang, I should not inhaled so much peroxide today.
>
> Sorry
> =(
> Cher
Posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:47:16
In reply to Re: I'm Sorry, posted by CherC68 on July 26, 2003, at 21:09:58
Cher,
Glad you were here first to break the ice. Kindof like switching schools in midyear, yanno? It's new, it's change (change is BAD to my "creature of habit" way of thinking). I developed a comfort level in Psycho-B. I think we ought to keep Effexor Club in the Subject Line over here. Not to exclude anyone in Social-B but to make it easier for the others to find it. I refuse to let this support group get divided and conquered by depression and confusion. Oh, by the way, I'm up to 300mg a day now, and I've lost another therapist due to Ietria shutting down it's Mental Health area. "Not profitable enough"
Grrrrr. Hope you are doing fine.
KDi in Texas
Posted by CherC68 on July 28, 2003, at 18:16:55
In reply to Cher! Yankeegirl! Found y'all. hi to social b! » CherC68, posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:28:33
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH - KimberlyDi is back in Town. We missed you. We are right now emailing back and forth to each other. I will write more later as dinner is almost ready. I'm sure you gathered by reading through the posts that the pooop has hit the fan - so to speak.
Missed you so very much as well as the other girls. We're missing Willie too. I think we will end up coming here, I check daily, but I've been thinking about you.
If you want on our email list - CherC68@aol.com please write to me. The girls are anxious cause they haven't heard from you lately.
Biggest and Warmest Hugs Kim,
Love,
Cher
Posted by CherC68 on July 28, 2003, at 18:17:35
In reply to Cher! Yankeegirl! Found y'all. hi to social b! » CherC68, posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:28:33
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH - KimberlyDi is back in Town. We missed you. We are right now emailing back and forth to each other. I will write more later as dinner is almost ready. I'm sure you gathered by reading through the posts that the pooop has hit the fan - so to speak.
Missed you so very much as well as the other girls. We're missing Willie too. I think we will end up coming here, I check daily, but I've been thinking about you.
If you want on our email list - CherC68@aol.com please write to me. The girls are anxious cause they haven't heard from you lately.
Biggest and Warmest Hugs Kim,
Love,
Cher
Posted by CherC68 on July 28, 2003, at 18:18:21
In reply to Cher! Yankeegirl! Found y'all. hi to social b! » CherC68, posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:28:33
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH - KimberlyDi is back in Town. We missed you. We are right now emailing back and forth to each other. I will write more later as dinner is almost ready. I'm sure you gathered by reading through the posts that the pooop has hit the fan - so to speak.
Missed you so very much as well as the other girls. We're missing Willie too. I think we will end up coming here, I check daily, but I've been thinking about you.
If you want on our email list - CherC68@aol.com please write to me. The girls are anxious cause they haven't heard from you lately.
Biggest and Warmest Hugs Kim,
Love,
Cher
Posted by CherC68 on July 28, 2003, at 19:20:50
In reply to Effexor Club, There's the Cher we know love » CherC68, posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:47:16
Dear KDi and everyone,
Sorry about the above three posts - I almost made it 4 - it kept saying website not responding and I couldn't make it work - but it worked all right!
KDi, You are not losing us at all, and I will join you here so you are not lonley, Yankee will probably join, but we are now in email=mania right now.
Rundown - Susy, Zinya, Mercedes, Yankee, Daph & Nyia and I have been emailing back and forth. Just email me if you want on our email list, and I can give you a quick synopsis of what's up.
We sort have been spraying Bactine and Neosporan and Curad bandaids and healing kisses on each others wounds we received during the transition.
I wonder what exactly it is called the medical terminology or psychological terminology that caused us such upheaval or rejection like qualities on having our posts redirected.
I am understanding it a bit more, and I think the others are understanding it too, but there are still hurt feelings.
There are other issues on why some are not posting yet, trust is a big part of it and the realization that - we are putting our personal lives on line in front of anyone that can figure out our sign on names and search google.
I'm pretty much the pathetic loser of the bunch in this regard. My screen name on aol and email is the same as my name on here. Can you say dumb ass please? Someone pointed it out and I guess I was in denial.
Let's say my insurance company (which has my friggin' email address) does a search of it) guess how many hits they would get? Maybe a few regarding my cousin's band [insert plug here - EAT A PEACH] lol and then....you guessed it - here - Dr. Bob & the Effexor Club. Guess insurance rates could skyrocket huh.
I'm still going on here right now, taking my chances, but future bosses, if I wanted to adopt a baby - all of them can do a search on good ole me with my current screen name and walla - find out....that I'm one crazy broad!
Again, let me know if you want on the list - and I'm sure the others will be coming back.
If anyone sees Willie - give a big hug for me and my email address CherC68@aol.com.
okay - Now to KDi - How is the 300 level doing? What se's are you having now. Are you having anger problems with it or are you sleeping more or is the adrenalin thing way up there now? I keep thinking about going back on it - but...the zaps were way too much for my tiny brain to handle.
I'm sorry about the loss of another Therapist. I still haven't gotten one yet, but I'm going to do it. I need it desperately. I probably won't do the PDoc thing, seeing as I probably won't take the medicine anyhow.
Love,
Cher
Posted by zinya on July 28, 2003, at 21:12:21
In reply to Effexor Club, There's the Cher we know love » CherC68, posted by KimberlyDi on July 28, 2003, at 17:47:16
Kim!!
welcome back! we missed you!! i know Cher has written you already... When this all suddenly got upended on Friday night and our posts were getting redirected all over the place, i left you and Willie a post on our old site to tell you how to find us, but i don't know if that post is even still here... If you feel like 'catching up' and you've gotten the drift of how this site works, on the "master page" at the top you'd have to enter the archived posts for the week of 7/19 (seems that each Saturday that shelve the previous week's posts and start over ... It's very different the way it works here. And indeed it caught us so off guard and RIGHT in the middle of an intense thread of personal sharings, having no idea we weren't supposed to be doing that ... so we just found each other by e-mail and have written like crazy over the weekend (well, i sort of) ... Anyway, we'd love to have you write to Cher's address and join us if you're interested, as an alternative, regardless of what we wind up doing ... In any event we can no longer have a one-site-serves-all kind of place for dealing with our meds and "issues" too ...
Gosh you went to 300! and i went to 150! i'm dying to hear... I'll also go back to Eff and see if you've posted there...
again, welcome back!
zinya> Cher,
> Glad you were here first to break the ice. Kindof like switching schools in midyear, yanno? It's new, it's change (change is BAD to my "creature of habit" way of thinking). I developed a comfort level in Psycho-B. I think we ought to keep Effexor Club in the Subject Line over here. Not to exclude anyone in Social-B but to make it easier for the others to find it. I refuse to let this support group get divided and conquered by depression and confusion. Oh, by the way, I'm up to 300mg a day now, and I've lost another therapist due to Ietria shutting down it's Mental Health area. "Not profitable enough"
> Grrrrr. Hope you are doing fine.
> KDi in Texas
>
>
Posted by KimberlyDi on July 29, 2003, at 9:44:37
In reply to Re: Effexor Club » KimberlyDi, posted by CherC68 on July 28, 2003, at 19:20:50
Don't feel bad about using your same email address name for your Psycho-Bab name. Look at my name. Di is short for my middle name "Diane". DUH! DOH!
Believe me, I over-analyzed my feelings about being re-directed. I think it feels like we lost our "Club House", our Spot, our place to belong. We have to search now, to see where everyone is hanging out. When before, we had "our group's thread". And "oh no", we might post in the wrong spot and nobody will post back! We won't feel loved! "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I'm gonna eat some worms." Why my mom taught me that ditty, I'll never know. I'm laughing at myself for being so darn needy. But I probably will change my nick to KDi in Texas here.
My Effexor increase is a pain right now because of increased SE's. I'm tired all the time. But I know from experience now to give it some time.
{{{{{{{{{hugs to Cher & everyone}}}}}}}}}
KDi in Texas
> Dear KDi and everyone,
>
> Sorry about the above three posts - I almost made it 4 - it kept saying website not responding and I couldn't make it work - but it worked all right!
>
> KDi, You are not losing us at all, and I will join you here so you are not lonley, Yankee will probably join, but we are now in email=mania right now.
>
> Rundown - Susy, Zinya, Mercedes, Yankee, Daph & Nyia and I have been emailing back and forth. Just email me if you want on our email list, and I can give you a quick synopsis of what's up.
>
> We sort have been spraying Bactine and Neosporan and Curad bandaids and healing kisses on each others wounds we received during the transition.
>
> I wonder what exactly it is called the medical terminology or psychological terminology that caused us such upheaval or rejection like qualities on having our posts redirected.
>
> I am understanding it a bit more, and I think the others are understanding it too, but there are still hurt feelings.
>
> There are other issues on why some are not posting yet, trust is a big part of it and the realization that - we are putting our personal lives on line in front of anyone that can figure out our sign on names and search google.
>
> I'm pretty much the pathetic loser of the bunch in this regard. My screen name on aol and email is the same as my name on here. Can you say dumb ass please? Someone pointed it out and I guess I was in denial.
>
> Let's say my insurance company (which has my friggin' email address) does a search of it) guess how many hits they would get? Maybe a few regarding my cousin's band [insert plug here - EAT A PEACH] lol and then....you guessed it - here - Dr. Bob & the Effexor Club. Guess insurance rates could skyrocket huh.
>
> I'm still going on here right now, taking my chances, but future bosses, if I wanted to adopt a baby - all of them can do a search on good ole me with my current screen name and walla - find out....that I'm one crazy broad!
>
> Again, let me know if you want on the list - and I'm sure the others will be coming back.
>
> If anyone sees Willie - give a big hug for me and my email address CherC68@aol.com.
>
> okay - Now to KDi - How is the 300 level doing? What se's are you having now. Are you having anger problems with it or are you sleeping more or is the adrenalin thing way up there now? I keep thinking about going back on it - but...the zaps were way too much for my tiny brain to handle.
>
> I'm sorry about the loss of another Therapist. I still haven't gotten one yet, but I'm going to do it. I need it desperately. I probably won't do the PDoc thing, seeing as I probably won't take the medicine anyhow.
>
>
>
> Love,
> Cher
>
Posted by KimberlyDi on July 29, 2003, at 9:47:35
In reply to Re: Effexor Club » KimberlyDi, posted by zinya on July 28, 2003, at 21:12:21
Posted by willie on July 31, 2003, at 23:20:50
In reply to Pleasers w/men who are Controllers « Yankeegirl, posted by Dr. Bob on July 24, 2003, at 19:19:57
Hey guys...do you know how good it made me feel to see that you wrote that you missed me? Gave me the biggest smile, it really warmed my heart.
Well, got back from Vegas today...My body is still on Pacific time so here I sit doing laundry at midnight and trying to catch up with my buddies. Vegas was wonderful...we stayed at a resort just outside of Vegas so it was very relaxing. We did some sight seeing...saw the Hoover Dam and "The Strip"...no gambling though. That's not our thing. It was very relaxing.
I'm doing very well....we'll see what I'm like tomorrow trying to adjust to the time difference. I've got company coming for the long weekend (is it a long weekend in the US too?) so I won't be able to get on the thread very often but I'll check in whenever I can.
I actually don't mind this thread...it's a lot shorter than the other one where you had to scroll down so often just to see the latest postings.
Cher, as much as I'd love to join the private emails..my husband and I share our email address and he doesn't know that I've been posting on the web so I think I'll communicate with you guys here.
You sound much better...have you found a pdoc yet? You know I'll haunt you about that until you do (only because I care).
I've missed all of you too...I can't wait to hear how everyone's been doing. I'll try to get on the thread again tomorrow but if not, I'll check in on Tuesday.
Take care everyone...talk to you soon
Wille
Posted by zinya on August 2, 2003, at 13:38:51
In reply to Re: I'm Here...., posted by willie on July 31, 2003, at 23:20:50
hi willie!
It's so good to hear from you. And especially to hear that you're feeling good (albeit reserving judgment to see what jet lag leaves you with plus a weekend of company)...
When you get back here, know that we indeed missed you and felt especially bad that the upheaval here happened without being able to reach you at the time. Our posts started getting redirected right and left, some to social here, some to adminstrative (which i still haven't gone to) and a few left in Effexor. I wrote a post to you in particular on Effexor to advise you how to find us and which threads to go to to read what had happened, but i don't know where that post went .. As you may have discovered already, numerous posts here on Social which say they were sent by Dr. Bob actually contain our cumulative posts lumped together and redirected here ...
I understand your reasoning and wondered myself if others would have similar e-mail concerns but for 7 of us thus far it has been more comfortable to resume the kind of sharing which had just begun to take on a bonding kind of intensity at the moment we unwittingly got derailed (which was why it felt so disruptive and alternately wounding and angering to some precisely because it interrupted communication at some very vulnerable moments), but i do still go to Effexor to post about side effect and dosage level matters and check in here periodically.
So i will do again next week to see if you've posted again and will make a point of also posting here, especially with your being here as point of contact...
wishing you very well!
love and hugs,
zinya
Posted by alluredbit on August 3, 2003, at 19:21:54
In reply to Hi Willie, welcome home! :)) » willie, posted by zinya on August 2, 2003, at 13:38:51
Hello everyone,
I just started on Effexor regular two days ago, and I spent the last two days reading thorugh three years posting on the Anyone Had Success on EFFEXOR XR thread.. (I did not use quotation, I don't want to irritate Dr. Bob, hehe).
I must say that I spent the last days soaking up the very support and encouragment I need the most right now - just by reading the messages. I never been on AD med before although I spent the last year talking to a theraphist about it. I finally made the decision to go this way, and I was not sure what to expect. Now I think I know, and I do understand that not even the most devoted and talented therapist or doctor can ever put it in words what is said here. :)
I would like to visit this thread as often as I can (I just wish the navigation would be a little easier, but I think the framed version works good enough) because what I learned is that if I find a person or a number of people who has comparable successes and failures in regards of the results, we all will have more info to share with our doctors and with each other. The things I already learned here will help me so much when I will talk to my doctor about the progress! I am so greatful to all of you who made the effort to post, and allowed me to see what you went through all these years.
Best wishes,
Sandor
Posted by KimberlyDi on August 4, 2003, at 9:12:08
In reply to Effexor Club is a great idea, posted by alluredbit on August 3, 2003, at 19:21:54
Welcome Sandor,
There have been lots of negative posts lately about Effexor. Know that the most serious issue is withdrawal when you stop taking it. I've been on it since May 2003 and it was a lifesaver. Effexor combined with therapy kept me sane during a very stressful period in my life. The Side Effects (SE's) are annoying though.If you have problems sleeping or experience the early morning wakeups (3:00am), try Benedryl. Sometimes you can *tweak* the effectiveness of Effexor by changing the time of day you take it from morning to night, or vice versa. If Effexor isn't for you, taper off slowly.
btw, there are alot of very nice people in the "effexor club".
Good Luck!
KDi
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