Posted by tigs on July 12, 2005, at 19:10:36
In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawal, posted by freezon4u on July 10, 2005, at 16:01:40
Hi, Im back!Im feeling a different person! .Thanks to all of you who have posted messages of support and offered advice and sugestions. It helped to pull me through!
I was truly desperate when the second wave of withdrawl struck( for me around day7 ). By day 10 I could stand ti no longer! I packed my bag and left the family home,,,I needed brain space!! Any conversaton made my brain active and that was unbearable! i do not advocate following in my footsteps!! I was lucky and although I left home with out any ideas in my head I eventually found myself at my daughters student house!..She was at home for summer and the house was empty of people!luckily it was also a tip!!!! This was a bonus, I found I could clean , wash and tidy without brain use!!! I burried myself in the task of spring cleaning the house from top to bottom! I hardly eat , drank or selpt for 4 days!!! my back ached and I was exhausted!i did not allow my thoughts to wander or be active at all. The house gleamed!!!
After 4 days I felt a little hungry , the first caring sensation I had allowed myself to acknowledge ! By day 5 I was feeling so much better.. I dared to return home and although difficult and rather scary I began to care for myself.
2 days later I visited my dr. and filled him in on the weeks events. I told him about this web site qnd how helpful it had been;He was very caring and explained that although the drops of medication down to 75 he had said go for he felt that the last drop to nothing would have been better if id reduced slowly!
Any way the story so far is that I feel normal!! a feeling that I thought I would never expreience again!! The depression has subsidded, panics gone and the nasty brain pain a thing of the past! I am off effexor completely and am hoping to stay that way!
I know it is early days and if necessary would go back to effexor. I know that withdrawl can be overcome but it is very difficult and painful . Hang in there and empty your thoughts for a week or so and im sure you willcome out the otherside too.
good luck ! and thanks to every one for the support you gave me.
tigs
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