Posted by justjustine on February 4, 2004, at 12:12:48
In reply to Re: Effexor w/d.....ack! Help! » justjustine, posted by Dr...Not! on February 4, 2004, at 11:54:44
well, i'm off effexor for nearly 4 weeks now, so count that one out. and i feel my soup is far superior to the klonopin, xanax, serzone, with a vicodin taper (because that is probably inevitable now) and compazine suppositories for the nausea - that's the soup i'd be on now if i was going along with "doctors' wishes."
so that's it - vicodin, ambien, pot. i do keep a journal and am improving consistently both mentally and physically on a daily basis. although the physical withdrawal problems have far, far outweighed any mental ones.
i don't know if i'm winning the war, but i feel like the battle is going pretty well!
> You've got quite a chemical soup in your body: Effexor, Ambien, Vicodin and pot. Try not to add anything new to the mix until you've maintained a level of stability for a few weeks. If you can, keep a daily journal of your physical and mental condition, so that you can monitor what happens as your dosages change. (That's the one thing I can't seem to do, and it has caused so many problems!)
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> As for me, I went to see my counsellor today, at the request of my shrink. It wasn't a total waste of time, because the counsellor supported my feelings against the Effexor, and will speak to the shrink about it. The counsellor said there's no reason to continue on a drug that causes me such physical misery and we should have tried a few of the many other drugs on the market. I suppose I should be thankful; however, now that I've had to increase my Effexor dosage, I'll have to go through the withdrawal again. Can you ever win?
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