Posted by curiouskitty on September 28, 2003, at 19:27:21
In reply to B'day blues coming off Effexor, posted by msdibbs on September 28, 2003, at 14:54:22
If you are going to be seriously depressed when you go off Effexor, is it really worth it? This depression thing and the treatment process can be the difference between life and death. Yes -- it is a =life= and =death= illness!
Are you really prepared to be sad like that again?
I'm sorry that your S.O. is not being more supportive, but you have to take care of yourself first. No one else will be able to heal you, and sadly, there is no "magic sex" that will fix it, either. (Wouldn't *that* be nice if it were?!?)
In the meantime, perhaps you could talk to your doctor about something like Wellbutrin SR to balance out the sexual side effects? It has worked for some, and you may be one of the lucky ones that may benefit from this.
Good Luck and take care -- curiouskitty
> Guess I'm having a big ol' pitty party today, but hey, it's my birthday and I sititng here with just me and my computer and a brain slicing headache. My fiance just stormed out of house mumbling something about me just feeling sorry for myself and he can't take this anymore. He can't take it anymore? Hell, I stopped taking this med (which was making me feel great), simply because my sex drive to a nose dive. In the past three weeks, the weaning off process has been the hardest experience of my life. Through my tears this morning, I shouted at him, that if I had any other infliction (diabetes,cancer, etc), and was feeling sick from the meds, he'd be at my bedside -but because this is something he can't understand, he chalks it up to me being silly. I am the only one who feels this way?
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> I am feeling rather pathetic right now, but honestly the people out there writing these posts seem like the closest thing I have to "understanding" friends...........
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