Posted by corafree on August 14, 2004, at 3:27:47
In reply to Re: Quit Effexor cold turkey--meow71877 » corafree, posted by lorily on August 13, 2004, at 14:17:48
Lorily, I see you have had some difficult decisions to make, and, yeah, think you made the right ones. I have had three children and had DPMS for many years, until I had a TAH-BSO, then just felt somewhat dispondent all the time. I now wear patches for just 'estrogen' replacement. Does Depo-Medrol have estrogen, testosterone and progesterone, and help with the thyroid? I tried an ERT called Estratest (to get the testosterone) and felt stronger, but my face broke out horribly. Last time I saw the doc that did the TAH-BSO, he said 'wish I would have left one ovary', and I thought 'great, now you tell me'! Experienced traumas from age 20 on and just recently my best friend, mentor, my father, and one of only two people in my large family that validate my illness, passed away. I am on, of course, Eff-XR, and Weds. just increased by 75mg to make a total of 187.5mg per day; Sat. added in Neurontin for nerve pain due to my c-spine injury; Trazodone for sleep; a meager 2mg Klonopin for anxiety; generic thyroid med; Endocet (good generic for Percocet); anti-inflammatory; and a muscle relaxer. Now I have had a migraine for 3+ days, which could be break through pain from c-spine injury, the increase of Eff-XR, or possibly, but prob' not, Neurontin. I also had a bit of a seizure today...whole body shaking for about 10m. Called and reported to caseworker; they said call 911; I said no; got appt. for Mon; took my little bit of Klonopin; had not taken my morning dose of Neurontin to see if that was causing the migraine (which didn't help), so took that; and rested it away. We've been crossing paths here and there. Thank you for letting me into a bit into your world. It helps to understand where people are coming from. cf
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