Posted by Zannah on April 26, 2000, at 12:33:26
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by Sarah on April 26, 2000, at 0:53:39
> So, BJ, you are saying Not to take it? Couldn't quite understand... Sorry, I have to laugh sometimes... Anyway, when ppl put up posts like the one you just did, I usually think "what a weirdo", but I almost have to agree with you on the Effexor one. UGH!!! Hate it!! I had a horrific experience with it... YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!! I can not say it enough!!!
Same here-I took 37.5 daily, for about a week. It made me uncontrollably sleepy. I was in the bed 20 hours out of 24. When I told my doc, he said, STOP taking the stuff.But, I hated the idea of yet another AD not working for my depression. After sleeping for about 10 days straight I did taper off and quit the Effexor XR. That 2 weeks was probably the worst in my life, ever! General physical malaise, but accompanied by the deepest most severe depression ever.
I cannot be sure it was the Eff. withdrawal or not, but I was as close to suicidal as I have ever been. I cried constantly and was in touch with my deepest pits of (objectively) sourceless despair.
I came out of it after about 10 days from my last little shaved crumb of an Eff. XR tablet. I did not come out of my depression-just the blackest suicidal part-and man, oh, man! I was grateful for that!
That was last December, and I was so completely bummed from that experience, that I have just this week had the guts to try a new AD-Remeron.
So far, I feel nothing different. Time will tell, I guess.
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