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Re: I'm afraid to go off Effexor,taking 1 1/2 year

Posted by justjustine on February 1, 2004, at 9:06:58

In reply to Re: I'm afraid to go off Effexor,taking 1 1/2 year, posted by Semi-conscious on February 1, 2004, at 7:25:27

i don't know how a doctor can think themselves so mighty and knowledgeable when their patient is so obviously suffering.

get a new doctor, you have the right to make your own decisions concerning your medication. find someone who will work with you.

looking back, i don't know that i'll ever know for sure if effexor helped me or not. it definitely made me not care, and eventually i decided that it's induced apathy was not for me!

getting off effexor has not been easy for me, but it is so worth it. i can feel things again! yay!

> I am going through major depression on this stuff. i have no energy. I cry. i don't get off the couch for a week at a time. Don't bathe, don't so anything, don't care. And I have gained almost 40 pounds in the last 1 1/2 years. i'm taking 175 mg sustained release. I have a very know it all meds prescriber. I'mtaking 3 other night time anit-depressants and I would like to get off all of them. I have no desire for anything in life. I'm empty. I want to go off all, but as bad as I feel now, I can just imagine what I'd be like going through withdrawals. Any suggestions or info? Thanks for your time, Taylor


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