Posted by dancingstar on November 30, 2004, at 17:32:24
In reply to Re: Effexor works for me » Gia, posted by AuntieMel on November 30, 2004, at 17:12:54
well, good grief, if you cut out 150, i wonder what you were taking? 300?
at any rate, forewarned is forearmed, isn't it? the point being that when i first took effexor no one warned me that i would get this ill if i stopped taking it or that it could possibly happen, or i would never have taken it in the first place.
i never had a day of cholesterol problems either...but i couldn't get off the sofa to save my life, almost literally. had to stop teaching aerobic-type classes because i was simply too tired, but i didn't know this was a reaction to the drug since i was taking it for fatigue that turned out to be low thyroid. i lost two whole years because i was not warned of possible side effects, and i was not warned that some of us have really, really bad withdrawal symptoms either. and that isn't half of it. i am glad that you are not one of the unlucky ones...but i wonder what it is that you are taking in place of effexor to avoid those side effects.
even my internist does not know about this stuff, and he is a dear. the family practice quack before him that put me on it in the first place should be strung up by his heels for giving it to me...but my point is that at least now Gia and others know that it is possible to have problems with Effexor and can take it with the knowledge that if they have some annoying physical symptoms, they can look to the drug as a possible source of their problems and then pray that their health care providers can safely guide them back off of it.
poster:dancingstar
thread:13781
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041128/msgs/422506.html