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Posted by Ebbie on May 16, 2005, at 15:07:15
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?
Posted by Dr. Bob on May 17, 2005, at 23:33:13
In reply to I want to get off Effexor XR., posted by Ebbie on May 16, 2005, at 15:07:15
> I do not know how to get off these drugs...
Welcome! Sorry if it's confusing here, but I'd like to redirect this thread to Psycho-Babble Withrawal. Here's a link:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20050424/msgs/499259.html
Thanks,
Bob
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