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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:03 AM Original message |
I have been taking anti-depressants for years and I am slowly |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm kicking this...someone must have had experience with Effexor. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. All I can tell you |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. There is a phenomenon known as "brain jolts".... |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Those are my first sign |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The same would happen to me... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Yes, I second philboy's advice and cautions... |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. My gf has been weaning off effexor extremely slowly for months now. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That's what my daughter wants to do. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thank you, She's actually getting a heart monitor today |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Heart palpitations. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've been taking it for just over a year now for anxiety. |
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mickeyraul (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. What's depressing you? |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Holy. Fucking. Shit. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. you, sir, are an idiot |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. What a profoundly stupid and ill-informed post. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Oh for fuck's sake, let me clue you in..... |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I call bullshit. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well said. n/t |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I agree... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I disagree, it was a very dismissive post |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I'll just reacknowledge my agreement with you... |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Thinking about this further, I have 3 questions for you |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. How awfully unenlightened of you. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Sometimes it is biological |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. It is complex and I don’t want to get into it. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Exactly |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Believe me...I've been seeing a psychiatrist AND a therapist. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Sometimes it's not a problem in life that a person is going through... |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Get a clue, pal. |
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gemdem (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. Take that happy tune you want people to whistle |
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pdx_prog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. I took Paxil for a short period of time.... |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. I used to work in a position where I helped people with withdrawal. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. Me |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. The weight gain |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. I never realized that weight gain was a side effect... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. I quit taking Effexor XR about 6 years ago... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. Lat year my wife got off all her meds like that |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. For me, when I'm depressed, I always refer to two things, one of which is a gift you gave me: |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Ha Ha -- that is a great photo! |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Frickin' horrible!! |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm no doctor and can only speak from personal experience, but |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Okay, just a reminder. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I agree...5HTP has helped me with mood and cravings. I only realized how much |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was on Effexor a few years ago... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. Thank you for your responses -- I appreciate it!! n/t |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Quitting Effexor is a wild ride. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. I can only speak for myself, but despite my long-term depression, medication just isn't for me. |
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