Posted by Seraphim on June 23, 2001, at 20:59:17
In reply to Effexor and memory loss!!! Urgent!!, posted by T.T. on June 20, 2001, at 22:43:07
You know what is scaring the most, now? I weaned off of the Effexor, for many reasons (mostly side-effects), from 300mg, over 3 months. Effexor free for about 2 1/2 weeks. Still have side effects and withdrawal. Worst is the memory loss. I have trouble with word retreival, short-term memory (forgetting what I'm doing or meant to do), but the worst is this: I love movies, rent them all the time, but I am finding that I am re-renting movies I've already seen and not remembering much of them. I've re-rented movies, come home, told my husband how I'm looking forward to watching it, just to have him look at me like I'm crazy, and tell me we watched it last month. Before Effexor, my memory was excellent and I've always excelled at school, college, work, etc. Now I question myself continually. What else have I forgotten? I don't trust myself and am losing confidence. I started taking some supplements that are supposed to improve memory and cognitive thinking. Just started them. If I see a significant improvement, I'll post the name and ordering info. Until then I keep praying that the longer I am off of the Effexor, the better I will get. Oh, I am also taking vitamins religiously now.
Seraphim
> Memory loss is a side effect of Effexor that some providers are either ignorant to or just not telling their patients. Either way, the word needs to get out, and I guess it will have to be those of us who have suffered to get this news out.
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> I am very happy for those of you who are experiencing success on this drug, but for those of you who are experiencing the nightmares (me too), the night sweats (me TOO) and/or memory loss (ME TOO), I want you to know you are not alone. I've posted a few messages about my personal experience with my e-mail address and have had several responses from others who share my fear and sorrow. The memory loss (the worst side effect, believe it or not) caused two days of complete blackout for me. I was in two car accidents, got two tickets (wreckless driving and DUI) and went to jail...all without one memory of any of it. Please folks, lets pool together and talk to each other. If you're suffering from these side effect, you are not alone. I found it very comforting to hear from people who had experienced the same things. It alleviated my fear that I was just crazy or going crazy. For that, I am grateful.
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> In the meantime, I'll be in court soon to fight these tickets. Hopefully, with all the information I've gathered from the Net, the judge will understand that I was not ME. I don't even drink for cryin-out-loud!
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> Good luck to all and God bless. T.T.
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