Posted by jennyb on September 23, 2004, at 11:45:14
In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawal Highly Overrated, posted by scruff on September 12, 2004, at 15:33:07
I am finally off of effexor and I will never again allow a doctor to put me on ANY meds. Effexor did nothing for my "depression"...in fact, I think it made me worse. I was nearly suicidal at times...getting off of effexor was probably the worst sickness I've ever experienced physically and emotionally. First came the electric shock sensations, then the nausea, then full blown vomitting anything I took in, sweating, nightmares...horrible nightmares, and terrifyingly strong impulses to do completely irrational things. At one point, when some of my physical withdrawals were starting to subside, I walked out to my back yard to place something in my barn. There on my husbands work bench, was a full can of gasoline for the lawnmower. For no explainable reason, when I saw the gas can, I was so strongly compelled to dump it all out and light the barn on fire...it was almost irrististable. It scared me so I left the barn immediately. Another instance of the severe emotional instability, was me breaking dishes in the kitchen and raving like a lunatic at my husband for absolutley no reason. I even told him I wished for him to die...(bless his heart, he has forgiven me, he knows I was coming off the meds...)I have been off for around two weeks now, and am happy to say I feel better now than ever. I do not feel depressed at all, except for being a little bummed still about the weight gain. All of my side effects from the effexor are finally starting to go away...(tremors, sweating, sleepiness etc...and I am making steps for the first time in a year and a half of getting my life together without meds...(eating healthy, exercise, looking for a new job, ending toxic relationships etc)...all of these are things that seemed nearly impossible for me to consider while on effexor...I will never go down that road again.
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