Posted by S.Bartel on December 5, 2004, at 4:43:10
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » dancingstar, posted by MKB on December 4, 2004, at 23:40:51
> I sure don't want to discourage anyone from taking a medicine they truly need, but for the last 10 years I've been on one antidepressant after another. It was during this period that I was going through menopause. I suppose it's possible that all my craziness had to do with that. All I know is now I am fine without the antidepressants, thanks to L-Tryptophan. And there were many times in the past that I had a very bad rebound reaction when I tried to go off ADs. The Effexor was definitely the worst. I guess you and I can lie low for awhile... The truth about Effexor cannot be hidden forever. I just worry about people actually dying from the withdrawal effects, as some have written at www.petitiononline.com/effexor/. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say some become extremely suicidal during the withdrawal, because I felt that way myself. Others have had accidents. I just hope people going off it can recognize that it is the med that is making them feel so bad.
<< Yes and I hope people still on it realize it's the meds causing High Cholesterol..high triglycerides...and high liver enzymes that end up causing irreversible liver damage and make you so tired you can't get out of bed. Pain in your side and sick at your stomach and you gain so much weight you look like a blimp. You can starve yourselve and still don't lose a pound. Much of the weight gain is fluid retention caused from the effexor. I just pray people realize it before it's too late. I'm with Dancingstar, I will do whatever I can to let everyone know what can happen on this stuff and do whatever I can to help take it off the market. This is a dangerous drug. Sammi
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