Posted by dancingstar on October 26, 2004, at 12:35:38
In reply to Re: Life after effexor-Depression??? to Bartel and Co » Jubilee, posted by corafree on October 24, 2004, at 20:59:02
Please, please, please do not take EFFEXOR or EFFEXOR XR if you have another alternative as I'm not convinced that it is safe to stop taking this drug.
After four weeks, I still have the runs, but I'm basically free of its grip. My stomach feels as though I have a hole in it, but I can finally breathe again, and I can concentrate, and I don't have a headache. I'm sure that it is only because I am somewhat sophisticated when it comes to alternative medicine and not completely completely financially broke that I've done this well. It could have been very much worse as only last week I didn't feel as though I would live, physically, because I was still so weak.
Last night for the first time in almost a month I went to Billy Blanks' and worked out. I wasn't 100 percent, but it still felt so good to work out again. Even though I was afraid it would really wear me out, I was able to get up and out of bed at 7:30 this morning. With fibromyalgia on a rainy morning...that means I'm better :-).
I've spent hundreds of dollars getting myself out of this Effexor nightmare. Since it was prescribed to me by an incompetent family practice doctor that also had the oxycontin drug rep talk me into taking that drug at another time, I have to beg anyone that doesn't absolutely have to take Effexor to please not take this drug as the withdrawal is so horrid as to not be worth any potential good that this drug can do. There must be better options, and under any circumstances if you are going to take it, make sure that it is prescribed by a doctor of psychiatry or pharmacology that completely understands what they are getting you into. In the end, though, it is up to you as it is your body. If I knew then what I know now, I would never have taken this vile drug. It did me nothing but harm. I didn't need it in the first place, and I didn't need the scum that allowed it to be prescribed to me. (Sorry that I feel so strongly, but I have had to go through two serious withdrawals because of things that he should not have prescribed, and he later denied prescribing them in my medical records. I guess he knew it wasn't such a brilliant idea. And yes, I switched doctors :-))
Anyway, I forgot how amazing it feels to feel good!! So if you do feel good, take just a moment to enjoy it :-) Best of luck to everyone!
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