Posted by Jubilee on October 24, 2004, at 15:44:33
In reply to Re: Brain Shivers Trying to Get off Effexor! HELP! » nsr, posted by S.Bartel on October 22, 2004, at 20:15:31
I am 52 , and have learned much. and was formally diagnoses with MPD in 1989 but with DEPRESSION in 1987 and it was Chronic and horrible doom and gloom. I was in and out of suisidal thinking and hopelessness and had muscel spasms also that elivil also eased the pain of, as it has a chronic pain killer in it also. I consider it a wonder drug and I have been on many drugs in my day. . . So they put me on elivil(or amatripaline or pamalor, is same thing.)a safe good anti-depressant discovered in 52 ,the year I was born. It was a med discovered for TB patients and they were comming out of deep depressions.!!! It was a Godsend for me and I was on it for 13 years and it worked great , except for my wieght problem which never got over 50 lbs. Compared to all the new drugs they came out with in late 80's to counteract the wieght problems, first being prozac and then Zoloft, the lists go on, and its all about money honey, I always went back to elivil ,because I would rather be chubby then in the gloom of depression!!! There were no serious or dangerous side-effects from elivil and they don't like to order it now , because they get all these costly free samples that suck in patients BUT the dr can hand them out for free, at first with all these new wonder drugs ,all about money!!!. Oh, yea, for me it caused also dry mouth, because I was so depressed I had to take the highest amount of 250 mgs a night, so I chewed alot of gum from dry mouth, but big deal. You must resist sweets , but at least you are not posioning your body with thses SSRI's . Prozac made me manic and I slept 4 hours a night and lost wieght. I had aggitated depression and you can also take elivil during the day as it has a non addictive seditive in it.So I would always go back to good ol elivil. I believe it is the safest out there and it makes you happy!! and too much will even make you a bit manic ,or over happy. Hows that for a Bad side affect???? Ha. Take this from an old timer. If you cant cope with depression, request elivil, come out of darkness very fast , and live life to its fullest without endangering your body. This has been my experience ,strength and hope, for those who only have depression to look forward to after comming off effexor and the new dangerous drugs. I believe you can start it while taking effexor but it's toxic with prozac, but worth the wait.
How did I overcome depression????God through Christian TV finally delivered me from the depths of depression 2 years back ,(and I don't go to church) but I was still stuck on effexor xr, because of the dangerous side affects of going off. . You too can come down real slow . Pray and God will give you wisdom too. Even you athiests as God loves you so Just pray. God Bless , Jubilee
poster:Jubilee
thread:13781
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041024/msgs/406692.html