Posted by jubilee on January 6, 2005, at 15:24:20
In reply to Re: I AM GRATEFUL for Effexor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » Phillipa, posted by ckc on January 6, 2005, at 13:22:23
I can't resit responing to you another day as your subject of thankfulnes keeps coming upon my e mail.
Sometimes we take chances because we feel we have no other choices , and effexor really does kill people , destroy s your vision, as it has nine and my memory *ss when I found the side affect site for a petition on banning effexor I found I suffered four years all from the effexor and all I didnt get was the high blood presure in which you will have to go off cold turkey without choice if that happens to you.
Slow? My dr's idea of slow was 6 weeks and I was on 300 mgs for 4 years. I would have died if I hadnt started out with a large amout to withdraw from. I took 5 months and that felt too slow and actually quiting and dealing with the nausea was the pits not to mention there seems to be the problem with making you highly agitated (worse than comming off herion) and your blow up easy and crying uncontrolsbly easily.I so hope you will talk to your dr about an older anti depressant , anything but paxil and effexor , which is all about comming up with new things and money , unfortunatly, but there are many to choose from that have worked well for others for years . Dr's like to keep changing everybodys drugs because I believe they buy stock in these new drugs and the pill pushes always get in to see the dr's first. Ever notice that. And they start out real expensive for all the research to create these drugs. Effexor was a good anti depressant and its the only one that works on two different parts of the brain which is why they cant replace it with anything and you must withdraw. If your Dr really knew about effexor he never would have put you on it. I was an insomniac as long as I was on it and had hypermania. I can only share my experience with you and pray it gives you more to make a choice with. God Bless you in your decision and remember its your body , not the doc's that its going into. Jubilee
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