Posted by selena on August 19, 2002, at 19:36:01
In reply to Re: You people are scaring the hell out of me!, posted by quarterlifer on August 16, 2002, at 22:14:10
I have been on four different antidepressants in the past eight years with six months off in 98' I have been on effexor xr for the past three. This one drug by far has been the worse on my body of all of them(Prozac,no sex drive. Paxil, made me anxious and edgy. Zoloft, aaahh 25 pounds in 1 1/2 months) The Effexor I thought was the best so far aside from the prozac, which I loved if I could of lived with the one side effect I had, which I could not. I never put together the stuff that my body was going through with the effexor. My blood pressure was high and never had been before, my face started getting dry spots, exema. more weight gain! Sleeplesness. So with the high blood pressure and the no sleep came 2 more pills. And I had always had problems just remembering my birth control pills:). so 3 pills later I started researching when I had forgot my pill(effexor) yet again, and laid in bed with the electric zaps and strange dreams because I had forgotten. I started doing research and while I
'm pretty sure it is not all related to the effexor I do think it is weird that all my particular side effects started shortly after I had started the Effexor. I don't really know why I had never put it together, Probably because it was helping the depression and I thought OH WELL. The brain zaps are really what scared the shit out of me. Something about that just is not right!!!. Anyway I stopped them, I knew that my doctor would taper me and I had seen the side effects were'nt that much better with the tapering. So from 300mg I am down to nothing except I have taken the ambian for sleeping because that was unbearable (sleep paralysis, night terrors ETC..) but this is day 5 and alot of the eye wooshing and brain zaps has died down.I have the headache today but overall I think it is getting better. I've read some real horror stories about getting off this. but in my expierence I have a great support system. So I guess what I'm saying is do RESEARCH and pay attention to your body changes they are so subtle but I feel like I fell apart on this drug and didn't even realize it. While my way I know is not the best way to get off this drug it definately in my experience was not as hard as others symptoms. so don't be afraid and just research the medication. In the end you may find it's worth it for you to stay on it everyone reacts differently. sorry my story is so long but as you can see I had a lot to say
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