Posted by Jaynee on December 23, 2003, at 21:24:24
I have been on effexor for about 3 to 4 weeks, lost track. I have been feeling worse on effexor than better. Have not been sleeping and having a bad time with anxiety. I am only on 75mg, and I think maybe I should just quit.
Went into the walkin clinic and saw a doctor, who basically told me to just start exercising and about some study about triathletes and his triathlete friend, etc and how exercise helps sleep. I told him I was too tired to exercise, because I wasn't sleeping and he said how can you be to tired to exercise and not fall asleep. I said because that is how the beast anxiety works. I said unless you've been there you can't relate. He started to yell and tell me I was making presumptions about him, etc, and I said well obviously you haven't experienced this or you wouldn't have told me that all I needed to do was exercise. I told him I didn't come to argue with him and proceeded to walk out when he started yelling at me to come back, "you come back here right now, get back here." He started to walk after me yelling at me. Needless to say I was in tears when I got home.
I am really scared now to go back to my pdoc, because I know he is going to get a note from this weirdo doctor and they seem to look out for one another. I also came to realize that no-one especially doctor can help me and it made me really sad and scared. I just don't know how I am going to get better. I was way better before I started effexor, should I quit or keep trying?
Help.
Thanks.
poster:Jaynee
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