Posted by liza29 on October 1, 2005, at 13:41:20
In reply to Re: Long time user of Effexor, posted by TinMan on September 24, 2005, at 7:50:18
I just posted for the first time earlier...and then I found posts by TinMan and LynnPerley that seem to echo my experiences. I laughed about not caring about not paying a bill late...that's me...I mean, I do pay my bills but I was always pretty mellow, flexible, and then all the demands of work, family got me into this overanxious, anal way of being that was part of my depression. I just don't miss that, even if it is drug induced. The only thing I miss is that I never cry. Horrible tragedies like 9/11 affect me, but the only outward sign of that is I get chills. Likewise, I haven't cried when my daughter was married...although I was extremely happy..I don't know
I think your recommendation of seeing a psychiatrist is probably what I should be doing. Like I said in my other post, I would happily take this stuff forever...but the two main worries I have are that it will have some horrible long term effect that turns my brain to jello...or that I could get into a horrible emergency situation where I couldn't get my medication and have to go thru a hellish withdrawal cold turkey. Of course, lots of people are dependent on medication to keep them alive and live with that concern always.
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