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Posted by tai on October 13, 2002, at 11:53:22
Hey,
Thanks for your response, I decided to accept your offer and come over to this social page...although the social interaction here can be a bit depressing ;') And I mean no offense by that, I could scroll through and choose to read only the success stories and pad myself with hope that may or may not fall upon myself, or do as I chose and deal with the reality of my own and so many other peoples situations.
What I wanted to tell you however was how contradictory my reaction to your message was compared to my own. I immediately felt for you and want to tell you to hang on, and that things will get better, and to fight....all the things which I completely disregard when told to me. Its amazing how hard we are on ourselves, there is no room to give ourselves a break. I hope you can find it in inside to give yourself a break.
What a hippocrate I can be though, I don't believe any of those words when I tell them to myself. I have read some of your other posts, and I hope you can show yourself the same amount of care and patience that you show others. And I hope I can believe in myself the way I believe in others.
Posted by GabbiX2 on October 13, 2002, at 12:32:11
In reply to Gabbi..., posted by tai on October 13, 2002, at 11:53:22
Hi.
Maybe the Social board is having a down time
its been my life-line and is usually really uplifting and funny.
Thanks for coming over.
I'm sorry if I sounded so awful. I'm having a dreadful withdrawl from effexor. Usually I can find something to laugh about not lately though.Have you read the bood Atlas of Depression?
If you haven't you must.
The author himself is a success story, and from his vivid descriptions of what he's gone through you KNOW he's been at the absolute bottom and is now very happy to be alive.
The other stories in the book of people's transformations are so incredible in fact that he was told he had to tone them down, as no-one would believe them!
Its the only book on depression that can actually reach me when I'm at my worst.
He himself found salvation on Effexor, combined with a couple of other medications.
If I could I'd buy a copy and send it to everyone.I'll be back, I'm in the process of 'coming to'
I need a few more coffees!
I can hardly type, let alone think AND type.
Thank-you Tai
I'll hang on.
You too okay!My e-mail is Princessdirt at hotmail
in case you feel like chatting.
Certainly no obligation, It helps sometimes though to swap stories.
Posted by tai on October 13, 2002, at 23:40:59
In reply to Re: Welcome Tai, posted by GabbiX2 on October 13, 2002, at 12:32:11
Im sorry you are having such a difficult time withdrawing from effexor, believe me I know how that can be. But I think I have a story that should make you laugh or at least smile. So here goes, this is true let me remind you:
Over the summer when I completely dropped off of my zoloft withdrawal symptoms started kicking in. I did not even realize I was going through withdrawal at the time, I figured, these are doctors meds, they do no harm, right? Yeah, wrong. Anyway, I was in Shanghai at the time and my dad had just dropped all this cash for me to study at the university there and I missed the whole first week because I was just feeling like shit, and couldnt even pull myself out of bed. I decided on the monday following the weekend, I had to go no matter what. So alarm goes off monday morning (this may come off as really crude, I hope you don't get disgusted, this is really what happened...) and I grudingly get out of bed. My stomach is upset and I feel like I need to take a big old #2 so I go to the bathroom and sit there for like 25 minutes grunting and sweating but nothing. On top of that I have a severe errection that still has not gone away. So picture if you will, a young man having a fit of anger because he cant shit, and walking around with an errection that won't go away. I mean, is that a legitimate excuse not to go to school; "please excuse me from class today, I have a load of crap in my tummy but cant squeeze out a pebble, and a damn hard on which I cant seem to do anything about"
But on the serious side, I was going crazy. I didnt understand what was happening to me, I mean that is a disturbing situation to have to face first thing in the morning.
Well, if you are still reading, I guess you must have found that at least slightly amusing, and I havent ruined our 3 message relationship.
Let me ask you though, why are you coming off of Effexor? Did it not work for you? How long had you been on and at what dosage? I am only on day 3, but today was not that bad, I could actually function and face the world. I don't know if thats the prozac finally kicking in or the effexor working wonders. Of course, my earlier success now seems so distant, seeing as I am once again unable to sleep. I tossed and turned for two hours, and then finally just got online. Its like when my eyes close my mind just inundates me with all kinds of thoughts and images. I cant even consider one, before 10 more race through my head.
leave a message, I am curios about your experience with effexor. I also noticed that some people go as high as 450 mg, that seems like so much seeing as I am started on the measly dose of 37.5. If this stuff works, do you have to increase the dosage to maintain the benefits?
Posted by wcfrench on October 15, 2002, at 19:44:44
In reply to Re: Welcome Tai, posted by tai on October 13, 2002, at 23:40:59
Tai
Excuse the lame title. I stole it from a Thai restaurant in Palo Alto called "thai-riffic." I read your post-- Seriously made me crack up, and here I thought I was laughless.. just to picture that situation! I wanted to tell you a little about Effexor. I was on it for over a year. I was at 75 doing pretty well, then when I went to 150 I had like an emotional overload. I was way up and way down, and cried a lot.. it was too much. We adjusted the dosage a lot, and even went off of it (since I was adding mood stabilizers and antipsychotics), but eventually wound up at 75mg. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that for some people the optimum dose is 75. I went between 37.5 and 75 a lot while on other meds, but alone 75 seemed better. So not everyone takes 300 something mg Effexor. My optimum Remeron dose was 45... if you want to compare. Anyway good luck!
-Charlie
Posted by tai on October 15, 2002, at 22:41:55
In reply to Tai-riffic!, posted by wcfrench on October 15, 2002, at 19:44:44
Yeah, glad you enjoyed. Me? that memory still gives me the creeps.
So, I was wondering, if the effexor was working how come you came off? How about the sex side effects? I am about to tell my docs that I want back on the zoloft before I have even really given the effexor a chance. See, back to the patience thing. Time has been moving so slowly. Last week seems like ages ago. I am just sitting here and the whole world is happening outside my door and I am just so uninterested. I am just a dull blade right now. I cant fucking stand this unfeeling, emotionless state I am in right now.
Something has gotta change, you know what I mean?
Posted by wcfrench on October 16, 2002, at 15:17:21
In reply to about the effexor..., posted by tai on October 15, 2002, at 22:41:55
Tai
I responded about the Effexor in your thread on Psycho babble, since it's mostly about the meds.
This is the end of the thread.
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