Posted by Josie Diamond on August 18, 2004, at 2:28:04
In reply to Re: Flu like symptoms - Effexor or Adderall Overdose? » Josie Diamond, posted by chemist on August 17, 2004, at 12:51:48
Thanks Guys -
Both my psychopharmachologist and my internist think it very well might be the effexor - but my internist also ran tests today for everything else he could think of. The effexor is the only SSRI(-esque) drug that has even touched my depression effectively and I am on such a high dose because my shrink is an expert in some of the tougher cases (I'm nothing compared to most of his patients - but I've been to SO MANY PEOPLE before him) and he has lots of people, evidently, on higher than usual dosages if that is what works for them.
What confused me though was why it was ok at that dose for almost two months - and then suddenly wasn't... And I'm an early responder... with all the other drugs, combos and dosages I've tried, whatever sidefx came up the first week were the ones I got - no more, no less.
I almost hope it is something other than the drugs because I don't know how I'm going to come up with the gumption to go through switching drugs again. This would be my ninth or so drug taper-off, withdrawal and start again. How many weeks of illness and depression will that be this time?
I'm considering just going on disability. It's been two years this month of trying to get meds to get me back on my feet again, and I still spend a lot of my days unable to function from sidefx and/or being undermedicated. Oh well. Back to the drawing board. Or off the drawing board as the case may be - I think we are done with the SSRI's now...
Thanks for the input guys!!! Really!
**Josie
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