Posted by john1022 on January 25, 2004, at 9:25:10
In reply to Re: Needing good news about effexor xr » john1022, posted by simus on January 25, 2004, at 9:14:11
No problem Simus. Right now I seem to be pretty sensitive to different vitimans. Before this latest bout of depression/anxiety, I was able to take multivitamins and eat fish with no problem. Now if I take/eat either one, I feel extremely depressed and anxious about 3 hours after eating them and stay very depressed until the next day, and then it just lifts.
I am taking zinc and the amino acid Taurine supplements and those have actually seemed to help and I am tolerant to them. Although the Taurine has been giving me blurry vision and twitching muscles every now and then.
I was able to take 5htp when this latest bout started (and I actually think it was helping me quite a bit), but now 5 months later when I try to take one I get depressed hours later in much the same way as fish, fish oil, and multivitamins.
I am able to tolerate lorazapam (I wonder if that has anything to do with the sensitivities in my case since it affects the central nervous system). I was going to start magnesium supplements because my mag was low on tests, but I would get the same extreme depressed feeling only hours after taking a magnesium pill with only 125 mgs of magnesium.
I also had extremely high levels of copper in my tissues on a hair test. I am hoping that might have something to do with it and my doctor mentioned she has seen people with multiple sensivities and copper toxicity. Copper toxicity can also stress the adrenals and my adrenal test confirmed this. Apparently, multiple chemical sensitivities can occur as well with adrenal stress, high levels of cortisol and low levels of DHEA I believe.
I pretty much feel like the day I can take a magnesium supplement or eat fish and be fine like I used to, is the day that I can take Effexor and be fine and back to 100% normal again like it had worked for me in the past so well. It is very frustrating but I am just trying to hang in their and trying to strengthen my adrenals and lower copper levels with zinc supplements. Best of luck to you!
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