Posted by annj on March 27, 2001, at 1:50:27
In reply to Re: Another satisfied customer!, posted by pat123 on March 27, 2001, at 1:16:04
I know that some people have to be on the drugs to be ok. I think drugs including effexor are a miracle for some people. I also know that many people, when or if they get off the drugs have terrible physical withdrawls which is what upsets me. We received no warning of what we would go through trying to get off these drugs. And worse yet, many of our doctors don't believe us, when we tell them what is going on. I am not totally anti. I think drugs can be helpful in controlling mood. But some of them are terrible to get off of.
> I don't pretend to think that this drug will have the same effect on everyone, but it has done wonders for me. I do wonder, however; if the reason that there are far more unhappy people than happy ones posting on this web sight is because the happy ones aren't looking for a forum to sing Effexor XR's praises. If you are taking the medication and are having good results, why would you bother looking for a sight on the internet? I only found this sight purely by chance one night when I first started taking the med. Let me say, had I read many of the postings before I started taking the drug, I would not have taken it. This would have done me a great disservice.
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> James here....
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> Points well taken; we need to be reminded of this often. This board in no way represents a true sample of people and how they do on meds. I do well on meds and have for 2 decades. It did take a while to find the right ones, though.
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> James
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