Posted by dancingstar on January 1, 2005, at 4:44:14
In reply to additional thoughts... » dancingstar, posted by chemist on January 1, 2005, at 4:14:46
"your case is actually proof that the very inappropriate and ill-advised abrupt discontinuation of the medication does not result in the emergence of recurring and debilitating symptoms: you report feeling ``fantastic'' less than 4 months after you stopped a 150 mg/day, 2-year regimen of the medication. this makes you an excellent candidate as a witness for the defense, should wyeth be brought to the table."
Actually, this is not true. I do continue to use Benadryl. And as has been well documented in my medical records and on posts all over this board, every time I thought the withdrawal process was over, I was sick all over again. And I still have times when the symptoms of nausea, dizziness, and panic strike as if from nowhere at all. There isn't a single listed symptom that I missed, and you can add panic attacks to the list of symptoms that is already acknowledged by Wyeth.
I'm give to understand that people that taper use of the drug do not necessarily have an easier time of quitting if they are predisposed to having a difficult time when they stop taking it in the first place, none of which was disclosed to me nor to my physician prior to nor during my use of the drug.
Maybe the psychiatric community knows about this, but the majority of Effexor use, if it is truly one of the four most prescribed drugs today, is not by the psychiatric community and it is being heavily marketed by Wyeth through their army of drug reps.
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