Posted by Willow on March 7, 2002, at 20:05:14
In reply to 2+ years on Effexor...., posted by ladylight on March 7, 2002, at 19:37:42
Beth
I'm sorry but I'm getting mixed signals from you. Do you want to stay on the effexor? Myself I've been on it for about a year and a half, like yourself I came up with an excuse to lower my dosage. As a result I think I had a minor relapse, but doctors immediately asked about my compliance with my med.
This time I did a little searching into my own history trying to make a chronological listing of all the depressions I've been through. Sure enough a pattern showed up, less than every two years my life was significantly disrupted by the symptoms of depression. And even though emotionally my moods aren't affected as much anymore, my ability to think and rationalize is more so affected and the physical symptoms are more dominant.
(The only time I had any respite from it was when I was either pregnant or nursing. Strange thing is that it seemed to be my saving grace. Gave me a six year sabbatical. Though when I stopped it hit me with a vengenace.)
So yes I'm happy to have found effexor and like the comparison made so many times this medication is as neccessary for me as insulin is for a diabetic. It could be worse. My father has schizophrenia and for many years took the older anti-psycotics. His medications haven't been able to help him function at the same level as myself but then his illness is a whole different ball game.
Whispering Willow
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