Posted by jujube on October 18, 2004, at 13:32:03
In reply to Re: I can't hold on....yes u can!! HELP, posted by jerrympls on October 18, 2004, at 0:48:41
If your parents and friends are implying that you are making/keeping yourself depressed, then they don't really understand the nature of your illness. Nobody wants to feel like this, and we struggle each day trying to get well. If your doctor says he/she is too busy to talk to you, then maybe you should start looking for a new doctor. It is beyond me how a doctor can prescribe medication for depression and not provide adequate access/follow-up to ensure the patient is responding to the medication in a satisfactory manner. Remember, your doctor works for you. If you are having problems getting your message to the doctor regarding your treatment, perhaps your therapist can call on your behalf.
As for the Effexor withdrawal, if you look at previous threads, you will see that people have been helped in their withdrawal with things like Benadryl, niacinimide, Omega 3's, etc. to reduce the severity.
Tamara
> My problems are not entirely the result of my parents, although, when I tell them I want to die and don't hear from them, how am I supposed to feel?
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> They and some of my "friends" imply that I am making/keeping myself depressed....and I fall back
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> I trust certain people in my life to be there...and they're not...and I fall back....
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> My doctor tells me "I'm really busy..." when I call to ask for help with meds....and I fall back...
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> I don't do anything but fall back and accept what others say about be...feel about me...how they treat me....
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> They are keeping me depressed and they must pay for what they have done to me.
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> My Effexor withdrawl is horrible. Brain shocks...dizziness...I can barely drive. I'm having slight visual hallucinations - mostly at night. I drove to a movie tonight and thought another car was beside me....there was no car. I sit at my computer and out of the corner of my eyes I see flashes of light and dark - sometimes makes me think a bug flew past...but no bugs.
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> I want off of Effexor. But I've been on everything else - MAOI, SSRI, SNRI, Tricyclic, Heterocyclic, simulants, ECT, therapy...why would I want to go on another med?
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> I would hope no one here leaves me....as friends, relatives and other trusted ones have. I'm all I have...and right now, that's not much.
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> Thanks for all your posts
> Jerry
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