Posted by Mr Cushing on November 27, 2002, at 2:06:15
Alright, the physical symptoms from Effexor Withdrawal are Hell, but I can deal with them. I know that they'll pass soon enough and that as long as I take it very easy, I can get through it. What I can't get through is the nights...When I fall asleep, I have those incredibly vivid dreams that everybody knows about who's taken any of these medications (like your own movie playing in your head) but the ones that I've had for the past 2 nights wake me up basically screaming and in tears. I see the most disturbing images as soon as I fall asleep that it's hard to even talk about them when I'm awake.
This is screwing up my whole sleep-wake cycle and is giving me VERY little sleep if any. I'm actually terrified right now of trying to go back to sleep.
Any of you Bi-Polars out there know how important our sleep is to us, and if we don't get it, how much that contributes towards pushing you towards having another episode. I don't know what to do at this point so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mike
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