Vote! I say, Vote! ...to make my blog a featured tblog...
05.29.04 (7:35 pm) [edit]
So this is sort of lame, but I wanna do this--I'm trying to get my blog to be a Featured Blog on tblog. Just click on the admittedly obnoxious "VOTE FOR ME!" on the left under Links. Please??
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 05.29.04 (11:25 pm)
i just voted for you........... i am on my 11th day without effexor, after a long weaning off period. i am sorry to say that i am having a really hard time. i find myself FILLED WITH RAGE, a pretty uncontrolable and big big anger that nearly devastates me- and it usually comes on very quickly when moments before i was just fine. i am hoping this will pass if i just make it through more days without effexor. can anyone tell me about their experience with this specific issue? ALSO i have gained seven pounds and it is strange weight, mostly my stomach which never stuck out............. (this is embarassingly really really hard for me to be okay with) and LASTLY my period is many days late without reason......... is this all from my complete termination of effexor??
posted by: brainzaps (reply)
post date: 05.30.04 (7:27 am)
Reply to: newbie
thanks for the vote!
i'm sorry you're having such a rough time. this is my third day off completely, after about four months of weaning off. and i completely feel for you on the rage thing--it's actually very comforting to know someone else has had this response, because it's one of the worst things for me about withdrawing. i've gotten these horrible rage attacks and it really makes life difficult for me AND my husband. grrrrr.
hang in there--try to take it easy if you can, and avoid stress if at all possible. i've just been trying to get lots of rest and sleep--which is pretty much all i feel like doing, anyway. good luck and come back soon!
posted by: Going off (reply)
post date: 01.30.05 (6:44 pm)
I'm on the road to getting off this drug. I've been on it for over 18 months--with doseages ranging from 37 mg to 150mg. My systolic blood pressure has really been off the scale at over 100.. Why cold turkey? I've tried the taper -off routine and it's simply too easy to "take a pill" when you don't feel "right".... Well, Thursday I came down with the flu and forgot to take my pills. It's now Sunday, and I'm deliberately not taking them. Still sick as a dog with the flu--all I do is sleep is drink gatoraid to keep me hydrated. Yeah I 'm experiencing brain zaps, vertigo, crying, but I keep telling myself that there's nothing hurting me now--the episode that started me down the effexor trail was 18 months ago. I will live, and I will be effexor free. Physicains need to warn people about this drug before prescribing it for reflexive depression. If I knew now what I didn't know then, I would have sought other means to "deal" with my deal. Cautionary Note: Don't take this drug--ever.