Posted by zander on April 18, 2005, at 18:36:27
In reply to Re: Two months off of effexor-still in hell, posted by canadiangirl3 on April 18, 2005, at 15:08:46
> Hi,
> I'm no doctor but have you thought about getting some blood work done. This may not be related to the tapering at all. Sounds like you could have a case of mono or chronic fatigue or anemia even. I don't know but I suggest you get a full physical check up, including a look at your digestive issues. Best of luck. I hope you can get out there soon and sit with your garden.Thank you for your concern and suggestions. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and sleep hypopnea (shallow breathing) - so I use a CPAP at night (if I can tolerate the abominal thing!) The pulumonologist who did the sleep studies on me and prescribed the CPAP does believe that the hyponeas are CNS and more than likely brought on by my taking the effexor xr - time will tell...after I had been off the effexor for a month, she did another sleep test, but said I still had too many events so still need to use the CPAP. I hope that in a few more months of being off the effexor, with more testing, that this will be resolved.
The blood work is an issue I have considered, but more along the lines of liver function - given that I had such terrible side effects for almost two years that went undiagnosed, I wonder if there is/was permanent damage done...no one has been able to answer that question for me. I don't think that this is an unreasonable line of thinking; stating the obvious, for someone who has taken poison over a long period of time (alcohol/drugs being a obvious example) and it hasn't killed them, their body shows physical affects of the use. Could this not also be true of these types of drugs? I wish someone could point me in a direction to have this question answered (have not gotten satisfactory responses from my doctors). Do I ask for a liver function test? Or should it be something else? I just don't know, but am open to any substantial advice or others experience!
Thank you again for responding! I think having a direction at this point would help - good news or bad news - I just want truth, then I can decide how to deal with it. I have a very hard time tolerating the unknown....I have to add that I am going to water aerobics, which I absolutely LOVE - and probably was downhearted because I felt so CRAPPY and in pain that I could not even make it to PT...I considered going anyway despite how I physically felt (I have trouble setting limits, pacing myself - my philosophy is 'I know it's not going to kill me, so I go ahead and do it') but after talking with my PT we decided that it would tear down and not build up....in the long run though I think that this is what is going to help my body and spirits the most!
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