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Hi everyone. I am so amazed at the response to this forum. Welcome to Pam and Mamamia. Really, this is obviously what we all need, to Ramble- (LOL Jami!) and get everything off our chest.
By the way, I am so happy for you BEE! Congratulations on getting the job! You so deserve this: )
Cat I'm glad to hear you had a nice time in St. Louis. It is nice to have you back tho! ; ) I have been on half of the 37.5 for a week now, and I have been splitting my capsules in half like you. It's a pain in the butt to do it, but it works out okay. I literally go cross eyed trying to make the portions equal! LOL I think that the drop of the meds is always a little hard. We just dropped our doses and this Effexor is a powerful drug! No wonder our poor bodies are taking it so hard! But cheers to you for your first week on 37.5! It's not too far away now!
Melissa is so right about the growth issue. No wonder they aren't addressing it, the sales of the drugs are at stake! Oh and Melissa, so happy for you that you are on your 16th day! Good for you hun! Keep it up!
Laurel I hear you loud and clear about feeling a little embarrassed at times, but we all need to let out our opinions and emotions. We have all gone through (and are going through) alot. So throw the embarrassment out the window and know that we all support each other here. We know what you are going through.
My headaches have been a little more intense lately. And I noticed that my nightmares and sometimes negitive thoughts have been more pronounced. I did the drop from 37.5 one day and 18.75 the next, to just 18.75 everyday last week. I made it, but I know that my mind is racing. Where these thoughts and negitivity is coming from I don't know. I try to calm myself down and ignore the images and thoughts but sometimes it's hard. It usually happens when I am really tired or when it's late at night. I started to get scared because I thought maybe this was something else, like I was nuts or something. But I am thinking that it is just part of this whole ordeal. I know that endless has been feeling the ups and downs as well. So I do know I am not alone in this. But wow. It can be really hard to deal with. I will handle it, but I do get overwhelmed at times. That's normal for this situation I guess.
Jami good luck writing to Hope. I'm sure he/she is happy to know that people out there care about his/her well being. Oh and by the way! Take a load off and relax girl! LOL you've been busy as a bee! Make sure you get your time to unwind! : )
Have a good day all.
*Hugs*
By the way, I am so happy for you BEE! Congratulations on getting the job! You so deserve this: )
Cat I'm glad to hear you had a nice time in St. Louis. It is nice to have you back tho! ; ) I have been on half of the 37.5 for a week now, and I have been splitting my capsules in half like you. It's a pain in the butt to do it, but it works out okay. I literally go cross eyed trying to make the portions equal! LOL I think that the drop of the meds is always a little hard. We just dropped our doses and this Effexor is a powerful drug! No wonder our poor bodies are taking it so hard! But cheers to you for your first week on 37.5! It's not too far away now!
Melissa is so right about the growth issue. No wonder they aren't addressing it, the sales of the drugs are at stake! Oh and Melissa, so happy for you that you are on your 16th day! Good for you hun! Keep it up!
Laurel I hear you loud and clear about feeling a little embarrassed at times, but we all need to let out our opinions and emotions. We have all gone through (and are going through) alot. So throw the embarrassment out the window and know that we all support each other here. We know what you are going through.
My headaches have been a little more intense lately. And I noticed that my nightmares and sometimes negitive thoughts have been more pronounced. I did the drop from 37.5 one day and 18.75 the next, to just 18.75 everyday last week. I made it, but I know that my mind is racing. Where these thoughts and negitivity is coming from I don't know. I try to calm myself down and ignore the images and thoughts but sometimes it's hard. It usually happens when I am really tired or when it's late at night. I started to get scared because I thought maybe this was something else, like I was nuts or something. But I am thinking that it is just part of this whole ordeal. I know that endless has been feeling the ups and downs as well. So I do know I am not alone in this. But wow. It can be really hard to deal with. I will handle it, but I do get overwhelmed at times. That's normal for this situation I guess.
Jami good luck writing to Hope. I'm sure he/she is happy to know that people out there care about his/her well being. Oh and by the way! Take a load off and relax girl! LOL you've been busy as a bee! Make sure you get your time to unwind! : )
Have a good day all.
*Hugs*
Elena last decade
Hello Elena and Everyone, Thanks for sharing.After several months of pain and sickness I am back on effexor. I would be discouraged except that three months ago I was on Effexor, Wellbutrin and Zoloft. So, In terms of positive thinking... I've cut down by 75-80%!
I did not have the benefit of this forum when I weaned myself off effexor. I had been on the stuff for over 8 years. I was very determined and optimistic. However,I have missed work and my teaching has really been suffering. I had so little patience- and I'm normally pretty patient. I didn't feel it was fair to my students.I was trying to keep up some exercise, but the joint pain was debilitating. I did it anyway. I was at the chiropractor 5 days a week and getting massage therapy. In essence. I had no life. I wasn't getting any thinner, either. A blood test revealed that the Ibuprophen and Tylenol I had to take just to function had damaged my liver.
Thanks to your sharing I have hope that I can find a good doctor. With the support of friends and family I 'll give this another try. In the meantime I am still very tired, but so very grateful just to be able to get out of bed in the morning.
My advice to anyone trying this withdrawal is to read and educate yourself before you begin to taper. Have a cooperative doctor and a strong group of supportive friends and family to fall back on. I would never want anyone to have to go through my experience from the past two months. My goal now is to get some strength back so I can at enjoy a vacation and then be ready to re-enter the withdrawal battle in four weeks! Thanks so much for your sharing and support! It has made all the difference for me. pam
I did not have the benefit of this forum when I weaned myself off effexor. I had been on the stuff for over 8 years. I was very determined and optimistic. However,I have missed work and my teaching has really been suffering. I had so little patience- and I'm normally pretty patient. I didn't feel it was fair to my students.I was trying to keep up some exercise, but the joint pain was debilitating. I did it anyway. I was at the chiropractor 5 days a week and getting massage therapy. In essence. I had no life. I wasn't getting any thinner, either. A blood test revealed that the Ibuprophen and Tylenol I had to take just to function had damaged my liver.
Thanks to your sharing I have hope that I can find a good doctor. With the support of friends and family I 'll give this another try. In the meantime I am still very tired, but so very grateful just to be able to get out of bed in the morning.
My advice to anyone trying this withdrawal is to read and educate yourself before you begin to taper. Have a cooperative doctor and a strong group of supportive friends and family to fall back on. I would never want anyone to have to go through my experience from the past two months. My goal now is to get some strength back so I can at enjoy a vacation and then be ready to re-enter the withdrawal battle in four weeks! Thanks so much for your sharing and support! It has made all the difference for me. pam
pam51 last decade
Hello everyone. Pam I too am on Wellbutrin, zoloft and effexor. I am weaning the effexor and I am down to 18.75 every day. Just wanted to know if you are going to wean from the zoloft and wellbutrin too? I wish I could, but I know I will always have to take something.
My depression is a lack of chemicals. Not anything specific in my life.
Hugs,
Bonnie
My depression is a lack of chemicals. Not anything specific in my life.
Hugs,
Bonnie
BonnieR last decade
endless night, i felt like i'd found 'the one' but it turned out he was a 15 year old trapped in a 24 year old's body. :-P
but seriously, loneliness and missing that person in your life can be very depressing - i do understand.
today is my 7 day mark of being effexor-free. wow. what an experience... i'm slowly improving with each day, i believe. today, i still have my usual dizziness today, but not as much as before and i have only had one or two brain zaps. hey, i'll take any improvement i can get! my four-day headache has finally lifted today. hooray for that!
last night i didn't take a dramamine before bed, which i've done every night since i went off my effexor, and i woke up with horrible dreams once i FINALLY got to sleep which was well after midnight. i won't be doing that again for the time being. so, you all may or may not already know this but the dramamine seems to help me not have the nightmares/bad dreams that are a side effect of withdrawal. i hate them, so i'll do what i can to prevent!
elena, thank you for the job congrats! i start on june 13th and it's my first mini-goal of being effexor-free and hopefully feeling better.
welcome to pam and mamamia - i just recently discovered this forum and it's been very supportive. hang in there, you are not alone!
but seriously, loneliness and missing that person in your life can be very depressing - i do understand.
today is my 7 day mark of being effexor-free. wow. what an experience... i'm slowly improving with each day, i believe. today, i still have my usual dizziness today, but not as much as before and i have only had one or two brain zaps. hey, i'll take any improvement i can get! my four-day headache has finally lifted today. hooray for that!
last night i didn't take a dramamine before bed, which i've done every night since i went off my effexor, and i woke up with horrible dreams once i FINALLY got to sleep which was well after midnight. i won't be doing that again for the time being. so, you all may or may not already know this but the dramamine seems to help me not have the nightmares/bad dreams that are a side effect of withdrawal. i hate them, so i'll do what i can to prevent!
elena, thank you for the job congrats! i start on june 13th and it's my first mini-goal of being effexor-free and hopefully feeling better.
welcome to pam and mamamia - i just recently discovered this forum and it's been very supportive. hang in there, you are not alone!
beemarie last decade
Hello everyone, it's been awhile since I have written to this forum, although I do keepup the reading. I went cold turkey off effexorxr almost 5 weeks ago, it was terrible at first, but I feel like it is all out of my system now. I truly do feel human again. whoever it was that mentioned class-action lawsuit, count my testimony in, also I sent a letter to Dr Phil's staff about two weeks ago but haven't heard back yet. I have a Dr, appointment tomorrow, I don't know if I should tell him what I have done or just go along with the program as if nothings changed so I can still keep the valiums for my anxiety which has decreased alot since being effexor free. Half the time I feel like I am just a guiney pig (sp.) for the mental heath arena. Anyway, I am praying for you all and wishing God-speed in your withdrawals, it's tough but you can do it. Ronda
ronda last decade
Hi everyone ...welcome new folks! I am still unpacking well today I dont think I unpacked anything I had a very lazy day. LOL. I deserve it. But it is still only 4:30 pm here so I will probably do something when I get my second wind around 7:30 tonight. I was just thinking to myself I would really like to be done and kinda settled by the time the Cable people get here to install the cable and DSL on Thursday but then again what the heck do I care what they may think (GRIN).
Today is like day 35 I think of being Effexor free. I still feel better daily. I finally didn't need the dramamine or antihistamine for aid with sleep around day 20 or so. I just felt like I was barely sleeping and all I was doing was dreaming nasty horrible things. My stomach still is crampy every morning and sporadically through out the day and I have to run to the bathroom but not nearly like it was at first. Mentally though it is night and day. My husband and I are enjoying eachother so much. I feel like we really have connected again. I feel like we are having so much fun again it is amazing and he has said several times out of the blue it is nice to have his wife back. He talked to his close family about what I was going through when I first started detox off this and he kept up on this site, amazed at how many more views this has gotten even over the last week. It was at 15k views last week it is now at 16739 views as of today according to page one of this thread. Amazing and very reassuring that it is helping folks who do not even participate in our discussion. I know there are folks who maybe look at work or at home that just are more private or that are looking for information because they know someone going through this detox.
I feel great. I still have problems in life, just like everyone else but I feel I am participating in life now instead of looking at it through a foggy/tinted window.
Ronda I would tell the doctor if I were you. If you feel they are a supportive and up to date doctor if not maybe find a psychiatrist have your records of your time on these meds sent there and they can monitor you. They are usually more up to date of course on these types of meds and more. I personally switched to a general pract. that my mother who is an RN reccommended and he really practices up to date medicine and prides himself in continuing his education by attending conferences and seminars etc. He has aggreed to see me every two months for a check up so that if I feel I am slipping back into a state of depression we can assess it and catch it soon and decide a course of action. Of course he aggreed he would never put me on Effexor like the last doctor, though he prescribes it under strict scrutiny and is very upfront about its withdraw and usually he said only after the person has exhausted other meds.
Again I am rambling but damn it feels good :)
Hugs to you Ronda I think we are about at same place in recovery from this. I am glad to see you are doing well.
Love and Prayers for you all!
Jami
Today is like day 35 I think of being Effexor free. I still feel better daily. I finally didn't need the dramamine or antihistamine for aid with sleep around day 20 or so. I just felt like I was barely sleeping and all I was doing was dreaming nasty horrible things. My stomach still is crampy every morning and sporadically through out the day and I have to run to the bathroom but not nearly like it was at first. Mentally though it is night and day. My husband and I are enjoying eachother so much. I feel like we really have connected again. I feel like we are having so much fun again it is amazing and he has said several times out of the blue it is nice to have his wife back. He talked to his close family about what I was going through when I first started detox off this and he kept up on this site, amazed at how many more views this has gotten even over the last week. It was at 15k views last week it is now at 16739 views as of today according to page one of this thread. Amazing and very reassuring that it is helping folks who do not even participate in our discussion. I know there are folks who maybe look at work or at home that just are more private or that are looking for information because they know someone going through this detox.
I feel great. I still have problems in life, just like everyone else but I feel I am participating in life now instead of looking at it through a foggy/tinted window.
Ronda I would tell the doctor if I were you. If you feel they are a supportive and up to date doctor if not maybe find a psychiatrist have your records of your time on these meds sent there and they can monitor you. They are usually more up to date of course on these types of meds and more. I personally switched to a general pract. that my mother who is an RN reccommended and he really practices up to date medicine and prides himself in continuing his education by attending conferences and seminars etc. He has aggreed to see me every two months for a check up so that if I feel I am slipping back into a state of depression we can assess it and catch it soon and decide a course of action. Of course he aggreed he would never put me on Effexor like the last doctor, though he prescribes it under strict scrutiny and is very upfront about its withdraw and usually he said only after the person has exhausted other meds.
Again I am rambling but damn it feels good :)
Hugs to you Ronda I think we are about at same place in recovery from this. I am glad to see you are doing well.
Love and Prayers for you all!
Jami
Jamikissezs last decade
Welcome to mamamaria and Pam51, and welcome back ronda. Isn't this a great site? I wonder if the originators of this forum ever intended it to be a chat room? Judging by the number of responses, it might trigger an investigation. Hope they don't shut us off!
Mamamia - I have an Italian husband, very passionate, very controlling, but I love him anyway. I need some direction in my life. I have learned to live with him over the years. Sometimes he doesn't even realize that he is doing what I want. Plus he fills the gaps in my life. Take your time, don't make decisions hastily over this withdrawal, it will work out. Stay with us and we will help you through it.
Pam51 - It sounds like you should try my tonic, takes getting used to but if you go to the website I posted several days ago, read it closely, it may help you. All natural. I really think it is helping me, one way or another.
Jami - Patience is a VIRTUE! Hang in there. You live on a farm, right. How can you not have patience. Screw the housework, it will always be there, take off your glasses and you won't see the dust. Luckily I have a husband whose mother was a lousy housekeeper, so he doesn't know the difference! Just keep the bathrooms and the kitchen floor clean, no one will notice anything else! If you have to iron anything, do it out of the basket a few minutes before it is needed. Make the kids wash and iron their own clothes.
I really am enjoying insights into the people you are, we are anonymous as long as we choose to be and we can tell each other what has made us the way we are (as we visualize it).
Ronda, I know I saw some of your posts earlier, I will go back when I have time and see what you said.
Elena - what dosage did you drop from originally? I can't focus long enough to go back and find out.
To all of you who entered this site going cold turkey, are you bored by those of us who are tapering off slowly, I envy your courage, but I am such a baby I couldn't do it.
Question to all - my son is coming to visit to play in a member-guest with his dad. I have been at 37.5 for a week and a half, the member-guest is the 16-18 of June. Do you think I could drop to 18.75 next week or should I wait until he leaves. I don't want him to see me a basket case. PLEASE advise me.
Well, last night I woke up a lot to go to the bathroom. And today, Montezuma arrived. My only advice is if you think you need to pass gas, get to the bathroom first.
If I have been rambling (which my husband says I have been doing lately), please excuse, but I notice a lot of us are doing it, so I am in the game.
LOF - Cat
Mamamia - I have an Italian husband, very passionate, very controlling, but I love him anyway. I need some direction in my life. I have learned to live with him over the years. Sometimes he doesn't even realize that he is doing what I want. Plus he fills the gaps in my life. Take your time, don't make decisions hastily over this withdrawal, it will work out. Stay with us and we will help you through it.
Pam51 - It sounds like you should try my tonic, takes getting used to but if you go to the website I posted several days ago, read it closely, it may help you. All natural. I really think it is helping me, one way or another.
Jami - Patience is a VIRTUE! Hang in there. You live on a farm, right. How can you not have patience. Screw the housework, it will always be there, take off your glasses and you won't see the dust. Luckily I have a husband whose mother was a lousy housekeeper, so he doesn't know the difference! Just keep the bathrooms and the kitchen floor clean, no one will notice anything else! If you have to iron anything, do it out of the basket a few minutes before it is needed. Make the kids wash and iron their own clothes.
I really am enjoying insights into the people you are, we are anonymous as long as we choose to be and we can tell each other what has made us the way we are (as we visualize it).
Ronda, I know I saw some of your posts earlier, I will go back when I have time and see what you said.
Elena - what dosage did you drop from originally? I can't focus long enough to go back and find out.
To all of you who entered this site going cold turkey, are you bored by those of us who are tapering off slowly, I envy your courage, but I am such a baby I couldn't do it.
Question to all - my son is coming to visit to play in a member-guest with his dad. I have been at 37.5 for a week and a half, the member-guest is the 16-18 of June. Do you think I could drop to 18.75 next week or should I wait until he leaves. I don't want him to see me a basket case. PLEASE advise me.
Well, last night I woke up a lot to go to the bathroom. And today, Montezuma arrived. My only advice is if you think you need to pass gas, get to the bathroom first.
If I have been rambling (which my husband says I have been doing lately), please excuse, but I notice a lot of us are doing it, so I am in the game.
LOF - Cat
catgranny last decade
I noticed today my first post on this sight was on page 3.My how this site is growing day by day with different people people but with the same old problems with this same dreaded drug.Does something need to be done or is it just me! Good luch to everyone here.
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Cat you were crackin me up hun your always such a doll. I think if it was me I would wait till the son left to come down why risk missing any enjoyment from withdraw side effects. You can drop after he leaves :)
Cold turkey was my impatient way of dealing with this withdraw. But I have heard it can be really dangerous you never know how your body or mind will react. I mean if your going to be driving or operating machinery hell even mowing the lawn it could be disastrous. I just planned it around my husbands schedule and he took two days off of work to help me. I only had to drive once I think to get my son to school and looking back I should not have but we all have to function and keep life going forward don't we? Despite this drug and lack of. I recommend anyone going to go cold turkey to either not be in working or soley responsible for your kids. I know that is hard to do but even 2 days with a loved one could be your saving grace while you stop this drug cold turkey. Of course life goes on so just try to be really careful when driving etc and let co-workers aware...print out some of our posts here with info on what you may be going through :)
Cat I too have the rambles several times my husband looks at me after I ramble on explaining something and simplifies it for his own understanding. I realize that I didn't need to give the whole story of why I need the trash taken out tonight vs in the morning (put a bunch of vegetable peelings inside and the ants love the cool house and are trying to move in with us) all I really needed to say was please take out the trash for me...really he didnt want the whole schpeal lol.
Jami is going to bed..hugs see you all tommorow. I love getting ready for bed and realizing I haven't taken my effexor!!!!!Then thinking THANK GOD I AM NOT TAKING IT!! Praise god and halleluah!
Jami
Cold turkey was my impatient way of dealing with this withdraw. But I have heard it can be really dangerous you never know how your body or mind will react. I mean if your going to be driving or operating machinery hell even mowing the lawn it could be disastrous. I just planned it around my husbands schedule and he took two days off of work to help me. I only had to drive once I think to get my son to school and looking back I should not have but we all have to function and keep life going forward don't we? Despite this drug and lack of. I recommend anyone going to go cold turkey to either not be in working or soley responsible for your kids. I know that is hard to do but even 2 days with a loved one could be your saving grace while you stop this drug cold turkey. Of course life goes on so just try to be really careful when driving etc and let co-workers aware...print out some of our posts here with info on what you may be going through :)
Cat I too have the rambles several times my husband looks at me after I ramble on explaining something and simplifies it for his own understanding. I realize that I didn't need to give the whole story of why I need the trash taken out tonight vs in the morning (put a bunch of vegetable peelings inside and the ants love the cool house and are trying to move in with us) all I really needed to say was please take out the trash for me...really he didnt want the whole schpeal lol.
Jami is going to bed..hugs see you all tommorow. I love getting ready for bed and realizing I haven't taken my effexor!!!!!Then thinking THANK GOD I AM NOT TAKING IT!! Praise god and halleluah!
Jami
Jamikissezs last decade
Goodmorning everyone.
Cat you always put a smile on my face with your hilariously worded posts.LOL
I am currently on 18.75 of Effexor, and I dropped from 75mg that I was on for 2 1/2 years. Not a huge dose, but still the w/d symptoms hit me hard. Funny how something so small can almost distroy me! About your request for advisment, I am with Jami on this and think you should wait until your son is gone. Doing it then may just cause you more stress, because you don't want him to see you a mess!
So hang in there and wait it out just for a little longer.
Jami, glad to hear you've been doing well. I am so happy for you. It gives me hope for the future months when I read of your success : )
Hey Bonnie, how are you doing with the 18.75? I'm ready to split it up again soon, how about you? Only I don't know if you have experienced this, but I have been having crazy mood swings! I was in such a bad mood this morning, irritable and I just had no patience. I have also been feeling a bit down too. I feel uncontrolable anger
for some reason and I can't figure out why. Little things set me off like a fire cracker! Or I'll feel like crying over something that normally wouldn't upset me that much! I know it is all part and parcle to this transition, but I don't like turning into a snarling beast! *Sigh.
I am so looking forward to getting off and staying off this medication.
Take care all,
Elena
Cat you always put a smile on my face with your hilariously worded posts.LOL
I am currently on 18.75 of Effexor, and I dropped from 75mg that I was on for 2 1/2 years. Not a huge dose, but still the w/d symptoms hit me hard. Funny how something so small can almost distroy me! About your request for advisment, I am with Jami on this and think you should wait until your son is gone. Doing it then may just cause you more stress, because you don't want him to see you a mess!
So hang in there and wait it out just for a little longer.
Jami, glad to hear you've been doing well. I am so happy for you. It gives me hope for the future months when I read of your success : )
Hey Bonnie, how are you doing with the 18.75? I'm ready to split it up again soon, how about you? Only I don't know if you have experienced this, but I have been having crazy mood swings! I was in such a bad mood this morning, irritable and I just had no patience. I have also been feeling a bit down too. I feel uncontrolable anger
for some reason and I can't figure out why. Little things set me off like a fire cracker! Or I'll feel like crying over something that normally wouldn't upset me that much! I know it is all part and parcle to this transition, but I don't like turning into a snarling beast! *Sigh.
I am so looking forward to getting off and staying off this medication.
Take care all,
Elena
Elena last decade
Goodmorning all
Elena yes I am ready to split my dose again. I think this Thursday will be my last dose of 18.75. Splitting half of 37.5 capsule is not too bad, but 1/4 of it should be interesting. I really do get some mood swings also. Certain movies make me cry. Yesterday in church, the music made me cry. I am on zoloft also and wellbutrin, so I don't understand being so emotional.
I will be glad when I am finished too. My husband and I and three other couples are going on a crusie the middle of July to Alaska, so I hope to be off of this stuff by then. I don't want to have to fool with it anymore. I am going to try 2-3 weeks on this last dose and then stop.
Cat, you are very amusing. I can't wait to read what you will post. I agree with Jami and Elena, I would just wait until your son leaves. No since in taking any chances.
Hope everyone is doing better each day. I am sure the next drop for me will start up the withdraw again, but this too shall pass.
Have a great day everyone.
Hugs to all.
Bonnie
Elena yes I am ready to split my dose again. I think this Thursday will be my last dose of 18.75. Splitting half of 37.5 capsule is not too bad, but 1/4 of it should be interesting. I really do get some mood swings also. Certain movies make me cry. Yesterday in church, the music made me cry. I am on zoloft also and wellbutrin, so I don't understand being so emotional.
I will be glad when I am finished too. My husband and I and three other couples are going on a crusie the middle of July to Alaska, so I hope to be off of this stuff by then. I don't want to have to fool with it anymore. I am going to try 2-3 weeks on this last dose and then stop.
Cat, you are very amusing. I can't wait to read what you will post. I agree with Jami and Elena, I would just wait until your son leaves. No since in taking any chances.
Hope everyone is doing better each day. I am sure the next drop for me will start up the withdraw again, but this too shall pass.
Have a great day everyone.
Hugs to all.
Bonnie
BonnieR last decade
good morning everyone...& hello to all the new posts!!!
Bee, congratulations on your new job...that is wonderful news!!!
just wanted to say hi, ..i am surprised to see all the "communication" in the 3 short days i haven't checked the site. (should really do this at home, instead of the office)
HOORAY, this is my daughter's 16th day effexor free after going off 37.5 cold turkey!!!She has been feeling good since day 10 & now continues to feel even better...every now & then she will experience a zap or two, but nothing in comparison to the initial w/d's.
The sun continues to shine in Chicago, (though we could use some rain) I have to organize my thoughts, i would like to comment to all of you, but i need to catch up on more market news....we'll talk later!!!
Be positive & have your best day possible...even if it means "challenging yourself" just a bit
Bee, congratulations on your new job...that is wonderful news!!!
just wanted to say hi, ..i am surprised to see all the "communication" in the 3 short days i haven't checked the site. (should really do this at home, instead of the office)
HOORAY, this is my daughter's 16th day effexor free after going off 37.5 cold turkey!!!She has been feeling good since day 10 & now continues to feel even better...every now & then she will experience a zap or two, but nothing in comparison to the initial w/d's.
The sun continues to shine in Chicago, (though we could use some rain) I have to organize my thoughts, i would like to comment to all of you, but i need to catch up on more market news....we'll talk later!!!
Be positive & have your best day possible...even if it means "challenging yourself" just a bit
wonderingwhy last decade
Oh Bonnie that is so fantastic! I am so happy for you! That will be a much deserved and needed Vacation! I really hope to be done by that time as well, I plan on cutting the 18.75 in half by Monday.I'll be right there with you in the w/d. Are you going to just be taking 9.mg everyday or every other day with 18.75? By the way, you're right, this should be interesting! LOL I'll really look like a addict when I'm trying to divide up that portion!I can just see it, hunched over the counter with my knife, trying to figure out the right amount, a little magnifying glass on my right eye...No one talk to me I'm concentrating! LOL Im just kidding of course. Trying to make lite of my situation, which I need to do. But it looks like you and I are on the right track! Keep it up! I know I will!
Dawn I am so happy for you and of course your daughter. She is on her way to freedom from Effexor! Enjoy the sun, and the success of her recovery!
xoElena
Dawn I am so happy for you and of course your daughter. She is on her way to freedom from Effexor! Enjoy the sun, and the success of her recovery!
xoElena
Elena last decade
Thanks Elean, I am looking forward to going. I am going take 9 mg every day. I don't think I am going to do the every other day thing. I feel like it is better to do it everyday and then go down again or just stop. For me, it is either take it every day or stop it. LOL. That is the way I feel now, who knows what I will have to do.
By the way, to change the subject just a bit, my daughter made a cake yesterday. For those of us that are trying to loose weight, but still want something sweet, this cake is wonderful. It may be a Weight Watchers receipe. Take a chocolate cake mix and add 1 can of either diet coke or diet pepsi and bake. Top it with lite cool whip. It is wonderful. Try it you'll like it. Also yellow cake mix, you can use ginger ale or sprite or whatever I guess.
My husband doesn't care for cake,( I know he is nuts), but he loved this one.
Let me know.
Hugs,
Bonnie
By the way, to change the subject just a bit, my daughter made a cake yesterday. For those of us that are trying to loose weight, but still want something sweet, this cake is wonderful. It may be a Weight Watchers receipe. Take a chocolate cake mix and add 1 can of either diet coke or diet pepsi and bake. Top it with lite cool whip. It is wonderful. Try it you'll like it. Also yellow cake mix, you can use ginger ale or sprite or whatever I guess.
My husband doesn't care for cake,( I know he is nuts), but he loved this one.
Let me know.
Hugs,
Bonnie
BonnieR last decade
Ohh I am so trying that Bonnie! LOL! Now my thought process is:
...Mmmmm Low Fat Cake.....
: )
You make a good point about the dose. I think I will do the 9mg every day too. It is far too frustrating to do it every other day!
Ciao!
...Mmmmm Low Fat Cake.....
: )
You make a good point about the dose. I think I will do the 9mg every day too. It is far too frustrating to do it every other day!
Ciao!
Elena last decade
Hello, everyone. My very first post here. Today is Tuesday and since Friday I've read every single one of your posts and I can't tell you (without choking up unneccesarily) what a difference you have all made in this horrific, violent Effexor withdrawal. It's seriously been like reading a suspense novel and knowing that you guys made it through and you're continuing to make it through is what I've held on to.
I've been on Effexor 150 XR since 1997 -- yep, just over 8 years. My twin sister has been on it since '96 and it seemed to work for her. I'm 32 and at that time I was engaged to an awful man, had a horrible job with a horrible boss, and I was really overweight. My doctor prescribed it at my request since it was working for my sister -- however, she was being treated for depression and I was being treated for anxiety after having been in several bad car accidents within a year.
Fast-forward: I divorced AwfulMan (never would've married him if I had been OFF Effexor, because I would've responded normally to his awfulness) in October of 2000 and fast-fast-foward to NOW, I just got married on April 9 to a wonderful man -- we're both 32.
We decided to start trying to get pregnant immediately in case there are any issues or problems that needed to be taken care of -- see, I'm explaining myself again, but it doesn't matter, we wanted to start immediately, despite everyone telling us we should wait.
So on May 4 I went to my gynecologist and told her we wanted to start trying and how should I get ready? Her response: "oh, come on. you have plenty of time. if you're not pregnant in a year, come back and see me." ME: Um, okay, I'm 32 and the baby's chances of birth defects DOUBLE in just over 2 years from now. but ANYWAY, how do I get off Effexor? HER: Just take one every other day, then one every third day. ME: and then what? HER: Just quit.
Pretty sure I just heard some gasps there. Yes, that's what I was told, and that's what I did.
Starting May 10, I took it every other day (which I've done before with no problems since for most of the time I was on it I could barely pay my co-pay and this stretched it out for me), May 16 I started taking it every 3rd day (minor brain zaps and shakiness, but okay) and May 21 and 24 I took half of the capsule. Here's where our story begins. The last dose I had was a week ago.
I have never experienced anything like this. I've had horrific brain zaps, shaking, a very strange vomiting spell on Sunday night (after which I sat an read another 4 pages of the posts at 3 am), I'm very emotional and snippy and I'm so hot and so cold. I cannot stuff enough food into my face. My stomach is also noticeably distended (like Regent described in a previous post), although -- even though I lost 20 lbs when I first started Effexor -- I've slowly gained it all back plus another 20 since then.
At this point, you're all probably going to suggest that I get back on and wean myself off properly, but I might be pregnant. I won't know until this weekend, probably by Sunday. We started trying on the weekend of the 21st because my gyn. assured me it'd be out of my system by then. I'm in a quandary. I won't subject my (possible) baby to this horrific medicine, but I also know it's still lurking in my cells and I want to get it out. It's like knowing there's a cancer in there and I want to try everything I can to get rid of it. I don't know what to do. I wanted to try those drug-test body cleanse dealies like goldenseal to to a total body-cleanse, but I don't know about the possible adverse effects on a fetus. Information is just not out there.
So far, I bought the Preventive Cleansing capsules from GNC to try to do a body cleanse and to supplement that I've done the Epsom salts with hydrogen peroxide baths at night, which are relaxing if nothing else. Yesterday, I threw the 2 remaining Effexor pills I had down the disposal just in case I falter and tell myself I have to take it so I can stop feeling this way. I also ordered some chinese herbs recommended by the woman who has posted her withdrawal and recovery group on this message board, although her advice was that if it were her, she'd terminate the baby if she found out she were pregnant. I can't do that. I also got Dramamine yesterday and that helped out a lot with the dizziness and I had to order Chaser online because we're in podunk Pensacola and I can't find it anywhere.
The good news: I am feeling normal-er today than I have since last Tuesday. Truly, the brain zaps are the worst -- they're disconcerting and confusing and make you take a break in your forward-motion and standard normal thinking processes. But for the first hour of being awake today, no brain zaps. A few since then, but thank God I work from home and can fudge it a lot. I actually went shopping with my husband yesterday although we ended the trip early when I freaked out over something insignificant.
Okay, that's about it -- so sorry for the very long post and I should've done what CatGranny did and taken notes all the way through because I know I forgot some stuff. I also added you all into my prayers because I've seen it work and it can't hurt! If I find out this weekend that I'm not pregnant, I'll be the guinea pig and take every body cleanse out there and let you know how it works. Let's hope that's not what I find out, though.
Thank you all so much for reading/listening. It is truly a lifesaver (mmmm, lifesavers). Also, if I offer to give you the recipe for the cake/frosting I manically made on Friday evening, don't take it. I've eaten almost the entire thing since then.
I've been on Effexor 150 XR since 1997 -- yep, just over 8 years. My twin sister has been on it since '96 and it seemed to work for her. I'm 32 and at that time I was engaged to an awful man, had a horrible job with a horrible boss, and I was really overweight. My doctor prescribed it at my request since it was working for my sister -- however, she was being treated for depression and I was being treated for anxiety after having been in several bad car accidents within a year.
Fast-forward: I divorced AwfulMan (never would've married him if I had been OFF Effexor, because I would've responded normally to his awfulness) in October of 2000 and fast-fast-foward to NOW, I just got married on April 9 to a wonderful man -- we're both 32.
We decided to start trying to get pregnant immediately in case there are any issues or problems that needed to be taken care of -- see, I'm explaining myself again, but it doesn't matter, we wanted to start immediately, despite everyone telling us we should wait.
So on May 4 I went to my gynecologist and told her we wanted to start trying and how should I get ready? Her response: "oh, come on. you have plenty of time. if you're not pregnant in a year, come back and see me." ME: Um, okay, I'm 32 and the baby's chances of birth defects DOUBLE in just over 2 years from now. but ANYWAY, how do I get off Effexor? HER: Just take one every other day, then one every third day. ME: and then what? HER: Just quit.
Pretty sure I just heard some gasps there. Yes, that's what I was told, and that's what I did.
Starting May 10, I took it every other day (which I've done before with no problems since for most of the time I was on it I could barely pay my co-pay and this stretched it out for me), May 16 I started taking it every 3rd day (minor brain zaps and shakiness, but okay) and May 21 and 24 I took half of the capsule. Here's where our story begins. The last dose I had was a week ago.
I have never experienced anything like this. I've had horrific brain zaps, shaking, a very strange vomiting spell on Sunday night (after which I sat an read another 4 pages of the posts at 3 am), I'm very emotional and snippy and I'm so hot and so cold. I cannot stuff enough food into my face. My stomach is also noticeably distended (like Regent described in a previous post), although -- even though I lost 20 lbs when I first started Effexor -- I've slowly gained it all back plus another 20 since then.
At this point, you're all probably going to suggest that I get back on and wean myself off properly, but I might be pregnant. I won't know until this weekend, probably by Sunday. We started trying on the weekend of the 21st because my gyn. assured me it'd be out of my system by then. I'm in a quandary. I won't subject my (possible) baby to this horrific medicine, but I also know it's still lurking in my cells and I want to get it out. It's like knowing there's a cancer in there and I want to try everything I can to get rid of it. I don't know what to do. I wanted to try those drug-test body cleanse dealies like goldenseal to to a total body-cleanse, but I don't know about the possible adverse effects on a fetus. Information is just not out there.
So far, I bought the Preventive Cleansing capsules from GNC to try to do a body cleanse and to supplement that I've done the Epsom salts with hydrogen peroxide baths at night, which are relaxing if nothing else. Yesterday, I threw the 2 remaining Effexor pills I had down the disposal just in case I falter and tell myself I have to take it so I can stop feeling this way. I also ordered some chinese herbs recommended by the woman who has posted her withdrawal and recovery group on this message board, although her advice was that if it were her, she'd terminate the baby if she found out she were pregnant. I can't do that. I also got Dramamine yesterday and that helped out a lot with the dizziness and I had to order Chaser online because we're in podunk Pensacola and I can't find it anywhere.
The good news: I am feeling normal-er today than I have since last Tuesday. Truly, the brain zaps are the worst -- they're disconcerting and confusing and make you take a break in your forward-motion and standard normal thinking processes. But for the first hour of being awake today, no brain zaps. A few since then, but thank God I work from home and can fudge it a lot. I actually went shopping with my husband yesterday although we ended the trip early when I freaked out over something insignificant.
Okay, that's about it -- so sorry for the very long post and I should've done what CatGranny did and taken notes all the way through because I know I forgot some stuff. I also added you all into my prayers because I've seen it work and it can't hurt! If I find out this weekend that I'm not pregnant, I'll be the guinea pig and take every body cleanse out there and let you know how it works. Let's hope that's not what I find out, though.
Thank you all so much for reading/listening. It is truly a lifesaver (mmmm, lifesavers). Also, if I offer to give you the recipe for the cake/frosting I manically made on Friday evening, don't take it. I've eaten almost the entire thing since then.
fruitbat last decade
Forgot to mention: I've also had a headache every day since I've been on Effexor. I've taken a Goody powder (powdered aspirin) every single day for 8 years. I just now put it together -- I've been tested for allergies, had cat scans of my sinuses, MRIs of my brain, etc., to try to figure out the cause of my headaches and now I know. How do I know for sure? No headaches since I stopped, even with all the other symptoms I have.
ALSO: did you know all women have different thyroid levels that are "normal" to THEM (just like women have their own normal menstrual cycles) and that even if you get tested repeatedly, unless your doctor takes the time to do a baseline to compare your levels, they only compare it to what they consider "normal". A woman who works with me was tested for 3 years and was "normal" but once she went to a specialist who did a more frequest testing, it was shown she was wildly fluctuating and is now on a compound that is made specifically for her to regular her thyroid. This has almost ended her weight gain and inability to lose weight, plus no more sinus infections that were chronic before. I'm just sayin'. My same evil gynecologist laughed at me when I told her I thought had a thyroid problem, even though it's hereditary and my mom and twin sister both have one. ANYWAY. That is all. Talk about "rambling." Geez.
ALSO: did you know all women have different thyroid levels that are "normal" to THEM (just like women have their own normal menstrual cycles) and that even if you get tested repeatedly, unless your doctor takes the time to do a baseline to compare your levels, they only compare it to what they consider "normal". A woman who works with me was tested for 3 years and was "normal" but once she went to a specialist who did a more frequest testing, it was shown she was wildly fluctuating and is now on a compound that is made specifically for her to regular her thyroid. This has almost ended her weight gain and inability to lose weight, plus no more sinus infections that were chronic before. I'm just sayin'. My same evil gynecologist laughed at me when I told her I thought had a thyroid problem, even though it's hereditary and my mom and twin sister both have one. ANYWAY. That is all. Talk about "rambling." Geez.
fruitbat last decade
Welcome to you Fruitbat, very cute name by the way, it made me laugh outloud, which is a little attention grabbing in my small office! I am so sorry that yet another person has been going through this ordeal.I understand how rough that must have been, I can relate to the weight gain and of course the horrible with drawl! Sorry that you were married to such a **** but I am happy for you that you have found someone to spend your life with who can make you happy and vise versa ; ) OH! And your GN saying just QUIT? Excuse me?? How can she be giving you advice about that when she doesn't even perscribe it?? Well even the doctors who perscribe it don't know alot about it! How sad!
But the main thing is that you are getting off of it.
If you are pregnant, congratulations! It is very smart of you to wait and see if you are before taking any cleansers. I have heard it is not recommended to take them if you are pregnant.
Let us know how you are doing this weekend! We all are here for one another and I think you will find it very comforting and helpful to be a part of our "Chat."
Hugs all around,
Elena xo
But the main thing is that you are getting off of it.
If you are pregnant, congratulations! It is very smart of you to wait and see if you are before taking any cleansers. I have heard it is not recommended to take them if you are pregnant.
Let us know how you are doing this weekend! We all are here for one another and I think you will find it very comforting and helpful to be a part of our "Chat."
Hugs all around,
Elena xo
Elena last decade
I'm glad you all find me amusing. I'm just me being me. Thank you for your advice re my son's visit. You answered the way I hoped you would. I am starting to get antsy to get off this drug but knew I should wait. I'm glad those who responded agree.
Bonnie - I just took your daughter's cake out of the oven, made it with german chocolate mix and diet coke. Smells great. My husband will eat almost everything I cook and he is a dessert freak so I know he will like it. Will let you know.
Welcome fruitbat! Love your name. Interesting comments about thyroid problems, I have alway felt I had a low one but have always tested low-normal, but my body is an efficient fuel machine and I have always had a difficult time losing. I can maintain fine, but each time I get mentally down I add a few. I'm looking forward to taking off this 15 Effexor pounds. The funny part is my doctor has twice sent me a copy of the American Heart Association diet in the past 6 months in the mail. I already live a low fat, low sugar, high complex fiber life. I can't give up anything (except my wine maybe - but I have to have some vices). What kind of doc did you go to that did find problems with your thyroid.
Went to my ophthalmologist this a.m. for my biennal eye test. His nurse who did the work up is also weaning from the E, she is at the 18 level. She tried to go faster but got the heart palpitations some of you have mentioned before, I assured her that it was normal for withdrawal. Her doc ran her through all the heart tests!
I told her that if she needed any encouragement to call me up and we could buddy it through. My eye doc was great too. He knew all about the problems with E. I had told you previously that I had blurred vision while on it that has gotten worse. He assured me that in 90% of the cases with blurred vision from SSRI's, the normal vision will return. He said that some of the older meds had some serious visional side effects. Anyway, the eye dilation stuff has worn off and I can see again.
Hey Bonnie - you will love the cruise to Alaska. We went in 1991. My first and only cruise (there is no golf course on a boat). We had a wonderful time. Take warm clothes, we had to buy our daughter wool gloves when we got to Skagway. The scenery is breathtaking. Also, lower Alaska is part of the West Coast Marine Rainforest, and it rained every day but was relatively warm. Once we left Juneau it started getting colder and the sun shined.
Talking about vacation, my husband travels a lot, and this year will be at meetings at least once a month. I will be going with him and I have to go to Orlando the last week in June. This is a larger meeting than the one we went to in St. Louis, so maybe I can just vegetate in my room and no one will notice because I am definitely dropping to the 18 on the 19th. I have been to Orlando lots of times and really don't need to do any sightseeing, been to all the parks, etc.
I have a friend who is always emailing me jokes. She has a source who sends her the "Maxine" jokes. If you have never seen any of these, it about a cantankerous old lady who is a hoot. Anyway, I got one today and one of the sayings accompanying the pictures of Maxine is:
Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges.
Power to all of us, we shall overcome!!!
Love, Cat
Bonnie - I just took your daughter's cake out of the oven, made it with german chocolate mix and diet coke. Smells great. My husband will eat almost everything I cook and he is a dessert freak so I know he will like it. Will let you know.
Welcome fruitbat! Love your name. Interesting comments about thyroid problems, I have alway felt I had a low one but have always tested low-normal, but my body is an efficient fuel machine and I have always had a difficult time losing. I can maintain fine, but each time I get mentally down I add a few. I'm looking forward to taking off this 15 Effexor pounds. The funny part is my doctor has twice sent me a copy of the American Heart Association diet in the past 6 months in the mail. I already live a low fat, low sugar, high complex fiber life. I can't give up anything (except my wine maybe - but I have to have some vices). What kind of doc did you go to that did find problems with your thyroid.
Went to my ophthalmologist this a.m. for my biennal eye test. His nurse who did the work up is also weaning from the E, she is at the 18 level. She tried to go faster but got the heart palpitations some of you have mentioned before, I assured her that it was normal for withdrawal. Her doc ran her through all the heart tests!
I told her that if she needed any encouragement to call me up and we could buddy it through. My eye doc was great too. He knew all about the problems with E. I had told you previously that I had blurred vision while on it that has gotten worse. He assured me that in 90% of the cases with blurred vision from SSRI's, the normal vision will return. He said that some of the older meds had some serious visional side effects. Anyway, the eye dilation stuff has worn off and I can see again.
Hey Bonnie - you will love the cruise to Alaska. We went in 1991. My first and only cruise (there is no golf course on a boat). We had a wonderful time. Take warm clothes, we had to buy our daughter wool gloves when we got to Skagway. The scenery is breathtaking. Also, lower Alaska is part of the West Coast Marine Rainforest, and it rained every day but was relatively warm. Once we left Juneau it started getting colder and the sun shined.
Talking about vacation, my husband travels a lot, and this year will be at meetings at least once a month. I will be going with him and I have to go to Orlando the last week in June. This is a larger meeting than the one we went to in St. Louis, so maybe I can just vegetate in my room and no one will notice because I am definitely dropping to the 18 on the 19th. I have been to Orlando lots of times and really don't need to do any sightseeing, been to all the parks, etc.
I have a friend who is always emailing me jokes. She has a source who sends her the "Maxine" jokes. If you have never seen any of these, it about a cantankerous old lady who is a hoot. Anyway, I got one today and one of the sayings accompanying the pictures of Maxine is:
Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges.
Power to all of us, we shall overcome!!!
Love, Cat
catgranny last decade
Welcome, everyone new. It's like finding out you have all these unknown siblings and when you them at the reunion, you already feel like family.
Fruitbat, I'm reminded of the NY Times Natural Foods Cookbook, which honestly has a recipe in it for Micronesian fruit bat soup. :-) I have a co-worker who is pregnant with her third child. Most of her female relatives have hypothryoidism. She now does, too, and figured it was just a matter of time before it appeared in her. It did in her second pregnancy. So, if you think you're pregnant, I'd scurry off to the OB/GYN (perhaps a different one for a second opinion) as soon as you do your home pregnancy test. According to my friend, if your thyroid medication is not at the proper dose, miscarriage is more likely. I guess the developing fetus needs it, too.
This is not medical advice, mind you, just telling you what I've heard from a reliable source. :-)
This is Day 8 for me with no Effexor. My head is feeling clearer and I don't have the sense of 18 monkeys chattering in my head at the same time.
But, I do still have the joint/muscle pain in my legs and groin area (or I should say I have it again -- it kind of comes and goes), and I'm frustrated by that. Last night I was massaging a tight spot on my inner thigh, and today I have have bruises there unlike any bruises I've every seen: orangish-magenta. It almost looks like I was trying eyemakeup colors on my leg. I have found that Tylenol is helpful. I'm trying to be as judicious as possible in using analgesics, but today was just too much. So, Pam, I hear you on the body pain issue. I titrated with the help of my doctor to 37.5 and then stopped. It was a 6 week step-down. I hope your next experience of withdrawing is a better one and brings you to closure with this drug.
Day 8. Why do I think it should be over by now? :-/
Laurel
Fruitbat, I'm reminded of the NY Times Natural Foods Cookbook, which honestly has a recipe in it for Micronesian fruit bat soup. :-) I have a co-worker who is pregnant with her third child. Most of her female relatives have hypothryoidism. She now does, too, and figured it was just a matter of time before it appeared in her. It did in her second pregnancy. So, if you think you're pregnant, I'd scurry off to the OB/GYN (perhaps a different one for a second opinion) as soon as you do your home pregnancy test. According to my friend, if your thyroid medication is not at the proper dose, miscarriage is more likely. I guess the developing fetus needs it, too.
This is not medical advice, mind you, just telling you what I've heard from a reliable source. :-)
This is Day 8 for me with no Effexor. My head is feeling clearer and I don't have the sense of 18 monkeys chattering in my head at the same time.
But, I do still have the joint/muscle pain in my legs and groin area (or I should say I have it again -- it kind of comes and goes), and I'm frustrated by that. Last night I was massaging a tight spot on my inner thigh, and today I have have bruises there unlike any bruises I've every seen: orangish-magenta. It almost looks like I was trying eyemakeup colors on my leg. I have found that Tylenol is helpful. I'm trying to be as judicious as possible in using analgesics, but today was just too much. So, Pam, I hear you on the body pain issue. I titrated with the help of my doctor to 37.5 and then stopped. It was a 6 week step-down. I hope your next experience of withdrawing is a better one and brings you to closure with this drug.
Day 8. Why do I think it should be over by now? :-/
Laurel
Naria last decade
Cat, I hope you like the cake. It is really light, so it may not stay together as well, but it is sooooo good.
Thanks for the info for Alaska. I was wondering about the weather. I take it is safe to say no shorts. I wish it were warmer, but what the hey.
Dawn, I just want to say how brave your daughter has been with her withdraw. I admire her for being so brave. She is lucky to have your support.
The muscles in my shoulder and neck area are so tight. I do experience some joint pain too.
It is another beautiful day here in Virginia. Hope everyone is having a good day.
Bonnie
Thanks for the info for Alaska. I was wondering about the weather. I take it is safe to say no shorts. I wish it were warmer, but what the hey.
Dawn, I just want to say how brave your daughter has been with her withdraw. I admire her for being so brave. She is lucky to have your support.
The muscles in my shoulder and neck area are so tight. I do experience some joint pain too.
It is another beautiful day here in Virginia. Hope everyone is having a good day.
Bonnie
BonnieR last decade
OH you yentas (jk) crack me up your so funny through the frustration and I LOVE IT. Welcome to you Fruitbat your emotional post made me get teary I applogize that someone told you to terminate your possible pregnancy how insensitive. Of course do not go back on this nasty stuff. You are well on your road to feeling better even if you are not pregnant. I think you are handling things correctly for you. I know if I thought I was pregnant I would have dropped this stuff like a hot potato! I am sure if you had a lil bit in your system still during conception things will be fine some women keep taking this while closely monitored during pregnancy and I hate to say it but NO WAY would I!
As for what type of doctor for the thyroid I am guessing the friend mentioned above was seeing an endocrinologist but that is just a guess.
Cat glad to see you are wanting to wait till your son is gone though anxious to be done with this crap. It is for the best to wait a wee bit longer :)
Naria fruitbat soup just makes me wana puke!! lol
Bonnie you lucky duck excited for ya and your trip to Alaska..weee whooo!
Wondering I am so happy about your daughters continued success thank you for being there for her :)
Elena I laughed so hard at the visual of cutting up the pills. I had the kind with the lil beads in it. It was humorous trying to count out those things...thats when I said FORGET IT...cold turkey time lol.
Hugs
Jami
As for what type of doctor for the thyroid I am guessing the friend mentioned above was seeing an endocrinologist but that is just a guess.
Cat glad to see you are wanting to wait till your son is gone though anxious to be done with this crap. It is for the best to wait a wee bit longer :)
Naria fruitbat soup just makes me wana puke!! lol
Bonnie you lucky duck excited for ya and your trip to Alaska..weee whooo!
Wondering I am so happy about your daughters continued success thank you for being there for her :)
Elena I laughed so hard at the visual of cutting up the pills. I had the kind with the lil beads in it. It was humorous trying to count out those things...thats when I said FORGET IT...cold turkey time lol.
Hugs
Jami
Jamikissezs last decade
Jami,
I've never _made_ the fruitbat soup, nor would I. Although, if it turned out to be the antidote for Effexor side effects/withdrawal, I might reconsider making and eating it. :-)
L.
I've never _made_ the fruitbat soup, nor would I. Although, if it turned out to be the antidote for Effexor side effects/withdrawal, I might reconsider making and eating it. :-)
L.
Naria last decade
Jamikissezs last decade
JAMI, I really thought I had it altogether until today, I was doing so good until I met my new Phyc.(sp) I walked in and was devestated by the lack of compassion and he really wasn't concerned about my mental heath at all, as he called me an indigent with no insurance. It's been all I could do to pull myself back together again today. He just does not know me and what great strenghths I can pull from within my own self. I can't stop crying right now and I feel helpless but I absolutely know I will once again reach my potential tomorrow. These kind of people in the mental health posisitions don't have a clue what this nightmare is about but vengeanges(sp) is my saith the Lord. I know I'll be o.k. in the morning, I've fought meaner son of a bitches all my life and I promise you if I can't get his job he wo=ill certainaly be under observation. Please know that I am upset but I am also a lot stonger the he had a clue about. Thanks for listening everyone, I love you all and am praying for everyone, Ronda
ronda last decade
Hi Bonnie, I have been on efrexor for over 10 years. Wellbutrin was added several years later. Zoloft was added by my primary care Dr. about 2 years ago. I went off zoloft first, then wellbutrin, then effexor. I an now back on 150 mg effexor a day. I feel like I'm back to normal. I have energy, and the constant muscle and joint pain is leaving. Today I actually had my normal energy enthusiasm in the classroom. After school I worked out with a trainer, made dinner, went shopping with my husband, worked in my garden.... more than I've done in a week! I do want to find a good psychiatrist to talk with and get more info. I don't think I'm copping out. I do believe I'm a lifer on this stuff. I certainly want to talk to drs. and such and ideally I would get off the stuff, but.. Why would I want to go back to feel like I'm dying?? I would like to see if I could go just on wellbutrin to eliminate the high blood pressure issue and the sexual side effects. Right now I'm not even worried about the weight issue. I'm just so glad to be able to DO - anything and to not be so irritable. I feel like I have my life back. In the meantime. I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on the process. I certainly support you and anyone who can get off the stuff and still feel good. Pam
pam51 last decade
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