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Posted by Susanrenee on October 24, 2001, at 8:55:11
I have been on effexor for a while and every few days i skip a dose to see if i can deal without it and i can't.My husband can tell that i have missed my dose and brings me my pills. I am scared that when the time comes for me to get off the pills i won't be able to. Is there other people out there that fells the same way i do. I have 4 kids and i really don't want them growing up to belive that mommy can't live without her pills.
Posted by Willow on October 24, 2001, at 21:34:25
In reply to been on effexor for a while , posted by Susanrenee on October 24, 2001, at 8:55:11
> I have 4 kids and i really don't want them growing up to belive that mommy can't live without her pills.
Dear Susanrenee
I don't know why you are taking the effexor or for how long. I've been on it for a little over a year now and can skip a dosage without noticing which I couldn't do when I started. Apparently taking prozac for a little while before quitting effexor helps with the withdrawal because it stays in the system longer.
I also have children at home. I take three pills when I wake up in the morning, another three at lunch time that are different, one of the morning pills around dinner time, and another two or three at bedtime depending on how I'm feeling. Since adding effexor to my regimen there has been a significant improvement in my well-being, which has improved my whole family's life.
When my children were younger they wanted "pills" too, so I started taking them without the children seeing. Now they know are old enough to realize what a difference these medications make. My eldest is ten and when she has asked specific questions I've answered her in general but truthful terms that she can understand. This has aleviated alot of her concerns, which at one point years ago she asked if I was dieing.
A common saying on this board is would you deny a diabetic their medication?
Whistling Willow
Posted by janejj on October 25, 2001, at 12:24:43
In reply to Re: been on effexor for a while » Susanrenee, posted by Willow on October 24, 2001, at 21:34:25
my doctor told me to think of taking anti depressants as taking a daily vitamin supplement!!!
Posted by Dreamy on October 26, 2001, at 12:14:34
In reply to been on effexor for a while , posted by Susanrenee on October 24, 2001, at 8:55:11
I agree...I am scared too...
I tell you though...besides having more of an
appitite than I would like, I really do feel
better than I have on any other ad...so I
probably won't attempt to get off of them anytime
soon...
The thing I keep thinking is that I need to remember how lethargic
I was when I wasn't on it...thus when I go off
I believe the lethargy will return and shouldn't
confuse it with a withdrawl symptom...I am also concerned that this has such a harsh
withdrawl...just doesn't make
a lot of sense to me...oh-well guess it is what it is!
> I have been on effexor for a while and every few days i skip a dose to see if i can deal without it and i can't.My husband can tell that i have missed my dose and brings me my pills. I am scared that when the time comes for me to get off the pills i won't be able to. Is there other people out there that fells the same way i do. I have 4 kids and i really don't want them growing up to belive that mommy can't live without her pills.
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