Re: Re: effexor withdrawl

Posted by vel on 08/23/05 at 12:14 PM

This is my 3rd day off of this crap they call \"medicine\".(cold turkey) I feel like i\'m having small seizures through my body and those \"jolts\" through my head. I did not know the withdrawls were gonna be this bad until I got on here this morning and started reading up on it. OMG!! I am scared out of my mind. The more I read, the more I cried. (yet another side affect) I mean, I knew it was gonna be hard, but I didn\'t know I was gonna have this hard of a road to face. Anyway, after spending all of the morning researching this, I have read that taking St.John\'s Wort,Chaser(the hangover medicine), and stuff like that, helps. Well, I can say that I took a St.John\'s Wort a lil over an hour ago, and my mood has elevated! Thank God! Still dizzy,(also read that Dramamine works for that) but i\'m not so emotional. I\'m gonna try the Chaser also, but I have to wait till the hubby gets home so he can drive me to the store since I will not endanger anyone else with me getting behind the wheel of a car being this dizzy. (ANOTHER THING THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE WITHDRAWL STAGE...) I can say that i\'m glad that we are here to support each-other. Not to say that i\'m glad that we have to experience this, but at least we have each-other. I am so angry that I was NOT informed by my doctor that this medicine was this addicting! I dont even know if I even need this medicine anymore, but I have been staying on it because i have been addicted! That is the reason i have decided to quit. I will not allow my body to be addicted to anything. I just hope i can make it through this. Like I said earlier-I am scared out of my mind not knowing what my body is going to do. Thank god I dont have to work right now. There is no way I would be able to function. It makes me soooo mad that the company that makes this crap, is making a HUGE profit off of us. They are no better then drug-pushers off the street, in my eyes. They get u hooked and then ur screwed. So on that note, I wish us ALL luck. We can do this!! I am up for any emails on this subject. DOZZIESGIRL@YAHOO. I honestly feel that the more emotional support that we have from one another, is gonna help us out a lot.