Posted by over 55 on June 30, 2006, at 10:39:22
In reply to Re: I'm not afraid, I just don't wanna.... » gabmeister, posted by elsie_girl on June 30, 2006, at 2:20:06
Hi Elsie and Gabmeister,
Just wanted to add to the "no motivation" factor with Effexor. I would lay there on the couch (and still do, but it is getting better) and think about getting up and going to do something that I had originally wanted to do. Well, I can talk myself out of it very easily, especially in the prone position. The output of energy just wasn't worth the perceived input from the activity. I have to literally make myself get up. It has been very easy to put it all on "getting older" as I am 58, but that can't be all it.....I know it's not. I also know that dragging this 60 lb "extra woman" I have grown on my butt is not helping. I am pulling two people around ( : My engine is just about "caput"!!
There is a country song "MY Give a Darn's (not really the word) Busted" that fits me perfectly. Soemthing is broken and I need to find a way to fix it. I quess for me I know I am not taking very good care of myself heathwise and they say you reap in your body what you did to it 20 years before so wow the "40" were a bummer!!! I better work on the "80"s now. got a whole lot of livin' yet to do. I love to travel and don't want them to have to load me on the bus!
I am completely off Effexor now and will say for anyone going off; do it slowly and I found Prozac to really help while weaning and I had minimal withdrawal symptoms. I took Omega 3 too.
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