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Re: Effexor or Cymbalta

Posted by kribensis on July 21, 2015, at 22:12:34

In reply to Re: Effexor or Cymbalta » kribensis, posted by SLS on July 21, 2015, at 21:56:36

Thanks, both of you, for your responses.

I do have some aches and pains but it is mainly the depression that I am concerned about and I think that I would do better with something that is more simulating.

I did take pristiq for a while and it was just 'okay'. I have digestive issues (do okay because I am really, really careful with my diet) but anything like breaking down a hard tablet like pristiq just isn't great. I found that I would have a lot of ups and downs and zaps even when still taking it which I attributed to the pristiq sometimes getting into my system and sometimes not.

I would actually rather take something that is NOT a XR even if that means I have to take smaller amounts more often during the day but most meds now seem to be XR.

At least with the effexor, I can open the capsules and even though the beads are XR I think my gut has an easier time with them.

At one time, I think I went up to 300 on effexor. As I said, worked really well till it pooped out.

I seriously hate this. I am having a melt down today- I try and keep myself together and I do everything that a person *should* do to help themselves, exercise, eat well, get to bed early, meditate, etc. and I STILL have this issue. And the only time in my life I have felt basically "normal" was those few years on effexor. It just feels like such a struggle and now I have anxiety about meds being hard on the liver or heart, etc. It just sucks that it has to be this hard. Because I have done everything that I can think of to help myself, I know this must be a physical brain type issue (runs in my family) but it totally sucks and I'm down and feeling sorry for myself. Even if I do find a med that helps, I am really only guaranteed to feel okay for a period of time, then have to go through the hassle of weaning off and dealing with discontinuation symptoms. This just isn't fair. I feel like I'm in slow motion when I'm like this, my brain doesn't work, I can't speak clearly, I feel like I can't focus properly and everything just is slow, slow slow...


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