Posted by SadSuzie on July 4, 2000, at 17:26:45
Effexor XR is definitely not the drug for me. It seems anything that increases serotonin has the same effect on me. After 5 days on this drug, I feel completely hopeless. I have only experienced suicidal thoughts one time in my life, and that was ten years ago after taking Prozac for 6 days. As soon as the drug washed out of my system, so did the thoughts of suicide.
My father, who was the most upbeat person I’ve ever known, experienced a brief episode of depression following open-heart surgery. His doctor put him on Prozac and a few days later my dad was obsessed with killing himself. I found out about the Prozac and told the doctor get my dad off of the drug. Within a week the suicidal thoughts were gone. It is apparent that any drug that acts on serotonin is not going to work for me.
I feel so empty and discouraged. I keep getting my hopes up only to be let down again. I placed an order for Adrafinil and it should be here in a couple of weeks. Once again, I will open the package with renewed hope. But this cycle of hope and disappointment is getting old. I’ve been at this for twenty years.
I know I am wallowing in self-pity and I do apologize, but I needed to vent and to know that someone was listening. Hopefully, when the Effexor is out of my system I will feel less discouraged.
Thanks for listening.
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thread:39367
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