Posted by chrisoula on January 28, 2003, at 20:30:36
In reply to Re: Effexor...need info.... » Merrill Weathermay, posted by japonica on January 28, 2003, at 11:36:36
Wise words jabonica. Obviously that effexor's helping!I agree that effexor can 'give you your life back'. I like the way that Effexor, even just a little bit like 75mg, makes you able to function. Not even overly happy or optimist, just OK and ABLE TO FUNCTION like the rest of the world seems to be able to do.
I know the fear of being 'sedated' though. It hits me in the gut all the time, a sort of panic (well, as much as effexor allows you to panic) that this is the only life I'm getting and I wonder what I would be doing if I wasn't on these meds
I don't have a long history that allows me to say "well, obviously I would just be depressed if I wasn't on these things, it's been proven".
so I wonder. And I come off them sometimes and I get this incredible energy, all the colours are brighter and food tastes really really great and I feel more alive, but then there are times I feel utterly utterly bad, can't get out of bed, don't want to see anyone, drive my car around at crazy speeds not caring what or who i run into...bad stuff. So I go back on them.
I think the problem is that depressed people see it as a choice, whether or not they should take ADs. Whereas if you were diabetic, there's no choice -- you have to take your meds, society accepts this, in fact you're a fool if you DON'T take them. It's like dying of starvation when there's a bowl of food in front of you.
I don't know what the answer is. Try to educate people? I just don't have the energy frankly, although when I'm feeling well i do my best...
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