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Told doc that Effexor XR didn't seem to be working

Posted by oneamradio on August 19, 2004, at 4:53:11

Okay, a while back I posted (essentially) my story and experiences with Effexor XR. Here's what's going on in a nutshell: I've been on Effexor XR for almost a year and 3 months now. I've been on the dosage of 450 mg for about a year if my memory serves me correctly. I recently told my psych in June that I didn't think it was working for me. I've read plenty of other people's experiences, and I think I would -know- if it was doing the trick. If I can still suffer from severe crying spells or get to the point where I'm so down I don't know what to do, I think there's a problem. I'm on an extremely high dosage (is anyone on this dosage or higher) and it's just not doin' it for me.

So, it pretty much boiled down to him in denial and referring me to a therapist within the same office. I've been to the therapist twice now, and I honestly don't like her. I just don't feel comfortable talking to someone about stuff so personal to me. I guess this is a little different. She just seems to be trying to get me to think things that I don't think are necessarily true. She keeps telling me that I'm making generalizations (which is true, I have made generalizations based on past experiences), but she goes on to say that I think of everyone in a negative way which is totally untrue. She acts like I don't give anyone a chance which is utterly ridiculous because if that was true, I wouldn't get hurt so often by new people. Heh. Anyway, I have to see her in about 6 hours, and if this session doesn't seem to help or do anything for me, I dunno what to do. I'd feel really bad brushing her off since they're in the same office area, but maybe therapy just isn't for me. It was really shitty of my psych to just brush me off and toss me onto someone else like that.

I know that upping my dosage of Effexor isn't the solution. I just don't know what the hell to do anymore. I'm willing to try anything which is why I'm giving therapy a shot, but... I'm just running in circles now.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.


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