Re: Effexor Withdrawal

Posted by Barbara on 09/15/04 at 04:02 AM

Damn, i suffer from depression and mood, personality and bipolar dissorders. Ive been on treatment for 6 months taking effexor (150mg a day), lamictal (200 mg a day), wellbutrin (150 mg) seroquel (40 mg), and zeldox (40 mg), ive gained 30 pounds and i have all the side effects ever mentioned... i look as a cow, and even if someties i feel better i dont want to go out of my house cause i look so fat, ugly and miserable, and yesterday i decided to stop. My doctor never told me about the side effects, never told me the drug was addictive, he doenst even called it a drug, and never, ever talked about withdrawals, and well reading you all, i think i made a huge mistake cause i quited on effexor, seroquel and zeldox, and i didnt slow the dose, i just stoped it. and two days after im feeling worst than ever, i just want to fall down, close my eyes, cry and pray for stop this feeling, headaches, nausea, dizzyness, noises, blured vision, electric shocks, Hot flashes, night sweats, strange dreams, shiver all over my body and lots of other things. i dont want to go back to effexor, it scares me as nothing did before, and i know i shouldnt quit as i did, but i think now its late to try again. and im scared. im so scared. this thing goes on and on, and i cant tell anybody cause my doc and my family told me not to quit, and i did it anyway. im scared.