I have been taking antideppressants for almost 10 years. I don\'t remember exactly why I started. I remember being slightly pessimistic. I guess I was able to convince my doctor that I needed drugs. Anyway, over the past few years I have grown tired of depending on a pill for emotional stability. I believe I am a stqable enough person to be able to control or at least recognize and deal with my mood fluctuations...I have been off effexor for about 4 days. Before that I was taking 1/2 of a 37.5 mg pill for about a week. Before that, it was 75 mg for a year or so. I was taking as much as 150 mg at one point, I believe. The dosages and medications all blur together....The reason I wanted to stop taking the medication was so I coulf get pregnant. I don\'t want to risk damaging my child by taking this medication.
As for side effects it has been a rollercoaster ride. I am groucht one minute energetic the next despondent the next. I am getting the tingling sensation in my brain, also a feeling that my brain is throbbing or shrinking or growing or both???I keep getting hot flashes and I am 27 years old. I have been sweating at night, waking up in a puddle of sweat. Also having more vivid dreams. But on the positive side, I think my libido is returning after a long hiatus. I just hope it\'s going to stop. I am determined not to cave in and go back on the drugs. I have done this in the past once the physical symptoms have appeared. I had to take the day off today because all I wanted to do was sleep. I think I was entitled to a day off, after getting off a narcotic after a decade.