Posted by Maggie C on March 8, 2001, at 11:27:12
I have a long history of starting antidepressants, achieving some level of 'success', then quitting them just to live on the edge for a little while. My doctor loves this pattern (for sure!) but he keeps talking to me just the same.
With other meds, Paxil, Serzone, Zoloft, I have managed to last quite a while before I have to admit that I am going down a slippery slope.
With Effexor XR (and I haven't been on it for that long), just missing one day is bad! I am now midway into my sliding pattern, and after just 3 days I am glad to hear all of my withdrawal symptoms described in previous postings are quite par for the course! I haven't been able to sleep for the last few days, what with all the 'noise' and 'movement' in my head. I had written off some other symptoms as just aging, like leg pains, eye twitches, EXTREME nervousness, etc. but now I know I am just in the idiots club!
If I survive this withdrawal(and I seriously doubt it), I refuse to be a guinea pig anymore. What kind of psycho-quacks dream up this s--t anyways? I was willing to accept that my brain is a little off kilter, but this scrambles it! Good luck to anyone who endures!
poster:Maggie C
thread:55922
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