Friday + Saturday=
05.02.04 (10:35 am) [edit]
Bad, bad, bad.
Not each whole day, but really bad moments during those days. Maybe I still need to be on this med. Sometimes I wonder if I'm bipolar. Is anyone out there bipolar? If I were, is it possible to be in therapy for four years and have psych treatment for three and still have no one pick up on that?
Not each whole day, but really bad moments during those days. Maybe I still need to be on this med. Sometimes I wonder if I'm bipolar. Is anyone out there bipolar? If I were, is it possible to be in therapy for four years and have psych treatment for three and still have no one pick up on that?
posted by: Beth (reply)
post date: 05.03.04 (9:09 am)
Hi Brainzaps, I think people that are bipolar have longer durations of that behavior. I know mine only last a matter of minutes and then I feel normal again. I can also tell you things that did not bother me at all while I was on Effexor, are now driving me crazy!! My teenage thinks I am a psyco at times. Although I guess most teenager girls think that of the mothers from time to time. I am over this and wish I could just feel GOOD!! Are you tired?
posted by: brainzaps (reply)
post date: 05.03.04 (10:58 am)
Reply to: Beth
Thanks for the feedback. Mine can be for a whole afternoon or chunk of a day...I discussed is briefly with my therapist awhile back and she said that if I were bipolar (which I'm probably not), I'd be the rapid-cycling type, meaning switching moods more frequently.
Yeah, I've been tired and low on energy, too. I'm trying to exercise more, which is helping a lot, but I still feel sluggish. I know, I too am freaking out over things I didn't care as much about on Effex--sometimes it makes me think I still need to be on ADs. :( I hope not. How long have you been off? I'm still at 1/2 a 37.5 capsule.
posted by: Beth (reply)
post date: 05.03.04 (11:53 am)
Reply to: brainzaps
I took my last effexor on April 3. I was feeling much better, now I am wondering if it was that I felt so crappy that anything was better. When I get super agrivated I get very dizzy immeditely and that scares me. It has been a long road and I am hopeful to be on the downward slope. I wish you nothing but luck. What a godsend this has been for me. I think I would have been absolutely crazy with out it. I will keep coming back and you are in my thoughts!
Beth
posted by: doug (reply)
post date: 05.05.04 (2:13 pm)
I AM going to get justice for all of us who have gone through effexor hell, if I need to quit doing everything else in life. Starting with my site, dougtyler.com , at the bottom is a link to the effexor page and a real nice letter you can print and sign just for Wyeth's CEO Bob Essner. Please drop by, it's my own private site ONLY and you will not be bothered.
Doug
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 05.06.04 (9:51 am)
Hi Brainzaps...I just found your site and I find it rather interesting and informative since I'm getting off Effexor, as well. My doctor is putting me on Celexa instead (mainly b/c I find SSRI's help me better with my depression than Effexor does) and she has no idea how bad the withdrawl is. She suggested that towards the end I should take 75mg (I used to take the 150s) one night and none the next day. Well let me tell you, it is pure HELL. I feel like I am dying, literally. So your section about how to tapper off is really interesting especially the part where they suggest we buy those empty gel caps and put half of our dose in it. I will definitely try that this week because my doctor's so-called method is crap.
I personally think doctors should be more informed about the withdrawls because they don't seem to know very much about it. I was already taken off Paxil and that was a nightmare. Back then my doctor had only given me about three weeks to tapper off (before I switched to Effexor) and it was awful. I personally think that Paxil withdrawls are a lot worse than Effexor's.
posted by: sbdivemaster (reply)
post date: 05.06.04 (9:52 am)
Reply to: doug
I don't appreciate your negativity here. Please post your rantings in a more appropriate forum.
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