Posted by jannbeau on November 13, 2002, at 11:30:07
In reply to Effexor, think twice!!!!, posted by Kalevi on November 10, 2002, at 16:04:37
>These effects will pass within a few days. If they don't, you might try a little Prozac for a few days. I understand your frustration. Coming off this medication can be difficult, but you WILL be OK!
I agree with you about the medication issue. Seems like the answer to everyone's problems is an antidepressant or other medication--it's the pervasive influence of the "medical model" -- medicine knows everything and can cure everything with a pill or surgery!
No apologies necessary for the English. You are SO right--much better than my Finnish--which is nil!
Cheers,
JannbeauAfter 3 years with effexor (150 mg)i have now stopped taking it. I have during 2 months slowly decreased the dose from 150 mg to 75 and for the last 3 weeks only 25 mg and now since 3 days back 0. The side effects are terrible!!! I experience muscular effects like ticks, and fenomenons like petit mal (epilepsi), bad headake, a strange flashing experience that feels like electrical fenomenons starting from my head and down my neck, to day it was really horrible i have experienced all the sideeffects above +that i been so dizzy so i had to throw up. I would like to warn people and make them think twice before starting with effexor. It's a great help when you are in a state of depression, but stopping the medication is like going to hell but hopefully i find my way back from there... and NO I want give up now and start taking them again. I feel sometimes that perhaps there is better way of dealing with a depression than taking drugs like effexor. I strongly believe that a couple of weeks on a farm on the countryside with people in the same situation as I and with help from some psychoterapist would had helped better and faster than 3 years om medication. For me it all started with stress that lead to a "burnout" witch lead to a depression.. an all to common problem to day.
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> > I HATED EFFEXOR TOO. THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS ON IT, I HAD THESE STRANGE FEELINGS AND SENSATIONS IN MY CHEST-KIND OF LIKE WEAKNESS. I ALSO FELT FAINT A LOT. WHILE I WAS WEANING OFF EFFEXOR, VERY SLOWLY BY THE WAY, I HAD THE ABSOLUTELY WORST PANIC ATTACK OF MY LIFE...
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