Posted by on-the-wave on February 3, 2004, at 9:31:27
In reply to Re: STAY OFF EFFEXOR IF YOU CAN » on-the-wave, posted by Sad Panda on February 3, 2004, at 8:50:43
Extremist, maybe.
After 3 years on effexor in addition to being cured of my severe anxiety and depression by an amazing psychologist, followed by 2 near fatal withdrawal attempts, i believe my opinion is mildly divergent.
The last 30 months of effexor treatment were a continual knife edge battle against diminishing effacacy and aggravated anxiety, depression, irritability, frustration and severe episodes of rage, etc.
If effexor saved your life, it is interim, it is merely masking some symptoms of an emotional or psychological problem. After a period (I don't know how long)the venlafaxine will stop working. My view is that your nerves will be awash in seratonin which enables you to cope. You WILL encounter a situation where the effexor WILL NOT be able to cope with the physical, psychological and emotional reaction. What will you do? Increase your dose, go off the edge? My advice is find the emotional/psychological problem and deal with it through therapy. The good old fashion PROVEN way. BEFORE THE effexor WEARS OFF.
I am only offering advice. I have been through the mill and have the benefit of experienced objectivity. I gain nothing by offering my advice except to educate people from my mistakes.
I was dead, and now i am alive in every concievable facit of the word. I want to let people now what i suffered and where i am now. I see so many people on this site on varying stages of a journey i have almost completed. Some will make it, however most will never. If I can help one it will be worth all the criticism, rejection and abuse that i am anticipating.
God Bless and good luck
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