Posted by Sioux on October 31, 2002, at 12:38:01
In reply to Re: Afraid to try it again - amazing!, posted by legallybrunette on October 31, 2002, at 11:40:50
>>>>>> I di took xr for 4 days, had zero side-effects til day 4, when the exact same thing happened to me! my hearing became freakily 'wolf-like' (not only were> the normal drips & creaks within my house staggeringly loud, when i went to my window i could hear, very clearly <<<<<<
I didn't get acute hearing but I did get acute smell. It was pretty dreadful: Every exhaust of every passing vehicle (I live in the city!) - Each smells different, BTW, in case you've ever wondered. The worst was when someone walked into my office after having used the bathroom; he had a ten foot diameter cloud of sh-- stink around him. It's left me with a profound respect for pet dogs and their ability to sort it all out without going nuts.
However - I'm of a generation that experimented with LSD, the first of the SRI's in public use. I didn't use it but many of my friends did. Reactions to it were as varied as the people who took it but the sensory disturbances, "bad trip" experiencing, etc calmed down as the brain adjusts to the change in seratonin levels.
>>>>does anyone out there know if the 'regular' non-xr effexor has fewer side-effects, <<<<<
My best guess would be that the "XR" part is inactive and functions merely to release the drug more slowly over a longer period of time.
>>>>>>>one of the older ADs - prozac, etc - may be a safer choice, in that they don't stimulate the serotonin so exclusively, and head-on? <<<<<
Or a mixture? Alternating day dosage of various?
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> hey there! -
>
> wow, i came on here to post yet another question
> about effxr, saw your mssg and was astounded.
> i took xr for 4 days, had zero side-effects til day
> 4, when the exact same thing happened to me! my
> hearing became freakily 'wolf-like' (not only were
> the normal drips & creaks within my house
> staggeringly loud, when i went to my window i could
> hear, very clearly - among other things - peoples'
> conversations from nearly 2 blocks away; i kid you
> not), my muscles became very rigid, and i had an
> overwhelming sense of panic and mind-body
> disassociation.
> & later on, when i felt more 'sane', i walked up
> the street to the house of the woman i'd heard
> talking from 2blocks away; just out of curiosity, i
> wanted to know if i hadn't just been having audio
> 'hallucinations'.
> i asked her if she and her friend had been
> discussing marital problems (yes, personal stuff,
> but hey) a recently-bought SUV and their kids'
> school parties.
> she looked stunned and asked how i knew. i tried to
> explain, but still she looked at me like i was
> kooky.
> anyway, that's my story. my doctor said that it
> was probably 'serotonin-syndrome' (i, too, had only
> been taking 37.5mg), but that she'd never heard of
> those reactions.
> well, i would also like to try taking it again - i
> believe that i need something! - but am deathly
> afraid of, not so much the acute hearing (hey, it
> could come in handy!), as i am of the panic and
> frightening disassociative feelings.
>
> does anyone out there know if the 'regular' non-xr
> effexor has fewer side-effects, or if trying one of
> the older ADs - prozac, etc - may be a safer
> choice, in that they don't stimulate the serotonin
> so exclusively, and head-on?
>
>
>
poster:Sioux
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