Re: Thought I was dying...was only Effexor withdrawls

Posted by Aloner on 09/10/04 at 02:48 PM

Okay, I\'m a week into my Effexor free life, and I have to say I understand now people who get suicidal thoughts. This is not life and it\'s worse than death. I made it very clear to my Dr. that I didn\'t want to take pills, but upon her convincing me I\'d take them short term and there wouldn\'t be a problem getting off of them, I foolishly did. Feeling like I was looking at my life from inside a bubble, I went off of it only to have severe surges in my head, loose bowels, cold all the time, constant crying...boy this worked out SO well for me! Now I can\'t stop thinking about the permanent damage this stint has done to my brain and how long it will be before I can have a normal life. Has anyone gone past this misery point and gotten through the side effects of going off Effexor? My Dr. says my doseage was so low that what I\'m going through doesn\'t have anything to do with going off Effexor (I even cringe when typing it). So now I\'m having withdrawls AND getting poked and prodded to \'just check\' the ol\' brain and blood. I always thought the natural way was the best way to take care of your body so at least now I know for sure that I will never allow a \'professional\' talk me into a fairy tale pill cure for anything.

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Effexor W/drls: anyone out there off and feeling ok?>??	Clancy	2	09/14/04 09:29 AM