Posted by dancingstar on October 30, 2004, at 0:34:41
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR?, posted by GRACE_MONGAN on October 30, 2004, at 0:23:16
Hey Grace,
Having a good day today and trying to get a lot of things done. (Heck it's only been four weeks, she said.) I'll check out your website when I get a bit caught up.
I agree with the other post, that Effexor withdrawal is as barbaric as bloodletting and as severe as -- well, I don't know if this is true, but I could imagine that it's possibly as bad as electroshock therapy.
Nothing will convince me that people should be allowed to take it with the potential risk that they could have to go through this...now that I know that I am not the only one. I know that some people think that they are being helped by this drug, but they aren't. It's just that simple. They may think that they are, but people think that they are being helped by heroin, too. I know it doesn't seem as though there is a similarity, but since the same bad doctor that prescribed Effexor also prescribed Oxycontin for my back pain and I had to stop taking that, I know that it is more difficult to stop the Effexor, though Oxy is the opiate and traditionally the more "physically addictive."
As far as physical pain and disabling effects go, there isn't any comparison. ...and I thought at the time that the Oxycontin was bad.
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