Posted by Ebbie on May 16, 2005, at 15:07:15 [reposted on May 17, 2005, at 23:32:08 | original URL]
I have been on effexor xr since I was 16 years old. I am now a 23 year healthy female. The problem is that I should have never been put on anti-depressants, I never needed to, I was never depressed. I was just a normal 16 year old going through NORMAL teenage hormornes. I do not know how to get off these drugs. The highest I have been on was 375mg, again I wasn't depressed. I feel like I haven't been living a normal life, I feel very mild, like I am in a dream, but never waking up. I lose my train of thought, I forget words, sometimes I can stare at something and not really understand what's going on. I am not crazy mind you, I was always in the advanced classes in school. I have an excellent memory, though I feel as though I am stuck. I basically had to BEG my doctor to lower me from 225mg to 75mg, and that took almost a year. I am sick and tired of being "high". I don't know what to do, I am angry, hurt, disappointed in a system that is supposedly trying to help us, though now I am not sure. When I was 16 and put on these mind-numbing LEGAL drugs, I didn't know any better. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never gotten myself into this mess. I feel like I have lost the last 7 years of my life. A time when youth is at its best, I will never get those years back, now I can only make the future a brighter one and try to help others that are in my situation. Please, is there any advice anyone can give me?
poster:Ebbie
thread:499259
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