Posted by Broken on March 9, 2005, at 10:00:47
In reply to Re: One more withdrawal journal, Effexor and Lamic, posted by zander on March 9, 2005, at 8:41:58
Absolutely no offense taken. It's a valid point for sure.
Two Main reasons.. more than 2 but these were the driving factors.
First, of the myriad of drugs that I have taken over the last 10 years, I have never had any withdrawal effects that I am aware of. My personality may have reflected the sudden change, but there has never been any physical sickness or discomfort that I can attribute to the drugs. Given that it's a roll of the dice, I've just been extremely lucky. I'm betting on my luck holding out one more time, since if there is any way possible, I'll never touch another drug again.
The second reason is fairly straightforward. My Pdoc, during our last visit, said that he just "couldn't understand" why these drugs weren't working. I was "doing fine and all of a sudden, the drugs didn't work". I took that as an accusation, which irritated me beyond belief. I really get on a roll when I get started on that conversation, so I'll cut it short, and say that I have no plans to return to him for any reason. There is no other Pdoc in this town, and quite a long drive to the next closest one, so there was not really an option to do much in the way of tapering down anyway. I could have opened capsules and measured out a certain amount, but I dont have the patience. The lamictal could have been divided into sections, but why bother extending the effects.
I don't claim to be totally rational in my decision making, but with my history of withdrawals, I have to admit I am very interested in seeing how I react to a drug like Effexor, when I know there have been alot of problems experienced by so many people.
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