Posted by pablo1 on August 23, 2004, at 20:14:20
In reply to Effexor Withdrawal reasons...?, posted by Darla on August 23, 2004, at 12:01:45
Hey this sounds right to me. When I came off effexor I definitely felt like I was in dopamine heaven. It wasn't bad, actually pleasurable in my case. The brain zaps were on a continuum with body chills; the good kind like when you listen to great music. A lot of this was associated with the return of emotions (I didn't even realize they were blunted) but coming off, whoah, I had feelings again! I'm currently taking some dopamine enhancing meds ordered online and the feeling is somewhat similar. So maybe effexor has the norep & seratonin so pumped up that you maybe even boost your dopamine some but relatively it's low and when you stop the effexor the dopamine has free reign and is turned loose to do it's thing on it's own. I think you got it backwards with the Parkinsons thing though, the way I see it, effexor withdrawal would cure Parkinsons not cause it.
I wonder how folks who experienced bad effexor withdrawal relate to dopamine? The survector and amisulpride I'm trying gives me sort of a sweet feeling; and literally I have a sweet taste in my mouth the flavor of the pills. It's stimulating in a way (clenched jaw sometimes) but much more smooth than ritalin or wellbutrin's rattly norepinephrine tainted adrenaline effect. It does make me feel a bit dopey actually. It does not particularly enhance my mental abilities the way ritalin is known but does help me to be more patient, less unsettled - scattered I don't know if it's more grounded but something along those lines.
But stuff like filling out a timesheet, I felt like a moron today (which is pretty normal for me for things like dialing fax numbers and transfering numbers into a spreadsheet. Hmm maybe that was more of the reward system in play that I hate the burden of doing time sheets but I could have fun working numbers as part of another project which I find rewarding and fun. And I'm certainly not depressed.
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