Posted by sufferfromeffexor on September 10, 2003, at 19:19:11
In reply to Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by jp on October 24, 1999, at 14:59:14
Hello all. I keep popping in and out of this message board, mainly because my moods keep going from one thing to the other. I have been on Effexor (started on Zoloft) for about 8 years. I decided that I wanted to come off of it to see what I am like without medication. I thought my doctor understood this...well since I have been tapering, I have had severe emotional breakdowns (coming from someone who never showed any emotion)...and even though it brings dark thoughts into my head, I am trying my best to survive. I want to pull my head above this water of depression and medication so badly! I think I am going to be starting a 5 day a week cognitive therapy session, which has given me tremendous hope to hold on to!!! However, I went to see my psychiatrist today and he discharged me as a patient!!!! He said if I don't want to take any more medicine he can't see me because my insurance won't cover it. Ok, I understand that intellectually...but he told me this right after I told him I have suicide ideation thoughts...go figure! I asked him for the referral to the hospital program (per my counselor) and he acted like I was asking him for his next born child. He completely dismissed me today (of all the days not be to be dismissed, this was the one) and I am flabbergasted. I called my counselor, bawling like a baby, because not only did he dismiss me...but he ended my tapering down off of Effexor, he told me to just quit now. Grantid I came from 150mg to 37.5 every other day, but I was supposed to do the every other day until Sept. 7th and than go from there, depending on how my withdrawls are. I am terrified now. Yesterday was my very firt skipped dose (intentionally anyhow) and the shocks were pretty bad...now I am just supposed to do it alone? The nerve of this guy. Anyway, I am so angry and so upset, that I just needed a place to vent. I am so tired of "pill pushers"...it's like they don't want anything to do with you because you won't be giving them a paycheck if you stop taking medication. Doesn't anyone in this world truly WANT people to feel better and not keep them trapped for their own financial gain???? Sorry everyone, I had to get it off my chest.
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