Posted by jiggitykid on March 10, 2004, at 9:52:11
In reply to Re: Any long term Effexor-free survivors?, posted by DepNYer on March 10, 2004, at 9:16:28
>>>are there long term Effexor free survivors, I believe the answer I was trying to present was that yes, there are. I am one of them. I do not speak for others, but I do believe that an open and honest dialogue is needed regarding these potent medicines.<<<
You also are "one of them" who did not, by your own admission, suffer from the horrible withdrawal effects that the rest of the posters have. Survivor, then, would not be the appropriate term for you. Survivors are those who lived through the hell that the drug withdrawal induced. Yes, an open and honest dialogue is needed, but you went a step further in your original post to insinuate that those who are experiencing these withdrawal symptoms are a noisy minority who are endangering the success of this drug. That was offensive to me, and most likely to the others whose lives have been sidetracked at the least and wrecked at the most from the use of this drug. We want the drug company to admit that they did not disclose the information we needed to make an informed decision. We are trying to educate people who are pondering the use of this drug or who think they are crazy (many have used this term) because the withdrawal effects that they are experiencing weren't explained. If informed choice is what you are lauding, then perhaps thanking those of us who have survived the crippling withdrawal from Effexor and have chosen to share our experiences here might have been more the road to take, instead of discounting, whether intended or not, our experiences. The drug company apparently is interested in dollars over healing; if that were not the case, then the withdrawal symptoms would have been made public knowledge. We are angry, because we are struggling with a condition that affects our lives and the lives of those around us and put our trust in a medication touted to help us. Instead, it made our lives worse. I pray you never have to experience these withdrawal symptoms, but if you do, I am certain your perspective will change.
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