Posted by Anike on August 21, 2004, at 22:49:03 [reposted on August 22, 2004, at 1:33:21 | original URL]
Hello!
About 6 months ago I went to my family doctor worried about my lack of energy and trouble to focus. Remembering my school years I wondered if I may have Adult Attentional Deficit Disorder. Before I could finish she jumped and said she had something great for me: Effexor Xr. I had used Prozac a couple of times before for short periods of time. Searching on the web I discovered that this was a drug for mayor depression, but I decided to give it a try. I got hooked because I was not hungry and it was easy to lose weight (although I'm 5'3" and 110 pounds) and I did felt more energy and focus. I even asked her to go from 150 mgs. to 225 which she told me was still a low dose. The problem began when sometimes I forgot to take the pills in the morning and began to have the worst, most horrible an real nightmares of my life; still the benefits were more energy and focus, so I put more effort in not forgetting to take my pills. I decided that I don't really need them, so I will ask to begin deacreasing the dose one pill a week. The problem is that I began to have the nighmares even with the full dose and it seems to me that more than toxicity, it is beggining to look like deprivation symptoms, like my body is asking for more. I am afraid to go to sleep. And although my dreams always have very vivid, detailed and colorful, they also have always been wonderful and extremely entertaining. Now all the creativity has turn to violent, scary and just awful stuff. I am really, really scared to lower the dose, but at the same time I want out of it. Also I feel more and more often a sensation that the ground falls under me,(like going down in an elevator) and strage sensations when I am beginning to fall asleep (like electical sounds or falling sensations) I am 36 years old and I have a 2 year old girl; I am afraid that I may fall because I feel floating until I take the pills. I haven't found too much on the web sites about this particular side effect. I am a nurse and I would like to kwnow the exact nature of the chemical changes in my brain that might been causing all this. I appreciate any commentaries or experiences that you could share with me. Thanks!!
poster:Anike
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