Re: What an amazing drug!

Posted by \'lainee on 10/11/04 at 09:31 PM

Oh Marcie! I trusted the doc when he put me on Effexor. It\'s been 2 years and I feel like walking death. You soon will see the blissful symptoms of hot flashes, dreamless sleep, 24 hr fatique and weight gain. The psych recently tried to bump me up top 450mg! I was a zombie!! So I stopped that. At my normal 300 mgs. I sat down with my pastor whereas he filled me in that I was truly on drugs. So,I have taken myself down to 150mg. I have gone through the migraine withdrawl headache stage. Good part? I dream every night, in color. I am intimate with my husband again! The plan is to stay at this dosage till Christmas when I will half it again. A few months later I will get it to 37.5, the original dose. Then I am done. The worst symptom over the years is a skin rash. The dermatologist cannot figure out why I have these clear pustules everywhere that do not heal. So add to the blues I continue to have, a skin problem that makes me feel like a freak. The good news is that since reducing the dose, the skin is clearing. I hate being my own doctor but I am getting off this poison. So, Marcie, you\'ve gotten an eyeful. Be careful! Effexor is great in the beginning then it swallows you up in misery. I will pray for you as I turn all of this over to God, who heals.

\'lainee