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Posted by richa on September 24, 2004, at 18:57:07
Stopped taking effexor xr 75mg twice daily abruptly! Did it because I was having paranoid feelings!- anger SEVERE suicial thoughts- worse than ever- Weird terrifying- weird sex thoughts voices Terrors-insomnia- inabilty to feel at all calm! memory lose- feeling that I am not at ALL-in controll of my feelings or thoughts at any time!! inability at all to feel any happy feelings - that even my depressin let me feel or calm fest that even depressed I had at times. also I was afraid that i could loose total contoll cause of the hostile rage that was building up in me! sick weird dreams when I did sleep! fellings of fullness in my head! Total weird fears of lack of emotional contoll! The withdral symptoms were bad bad headache some fears bur comared to how I felt on effxor and that is only on four month thearpy- I cant wait to go back to my depresion at least that I can unerstand at least I get more contoll over my actions and feelings than that crap made me feel- alot more weird terror feelings went threw me on that crap, also I made fast angy dangerous driving moves- ive always been c- all I can say is my life l;ong- cronic depession is is a relief comared to to to horror of my mentl and physicl stae on effxor- If you want to plunge into heel - be my guet- if effor works for you! heaven- howerver if it does not- go ahes pop those pills as Doc prescribes be my guet- IN HELL! Ill take my depessin any day to that hell! Be my guest trust the doctor! I just am so happy that my former depessin is starting to return Ironic twist to that Damn effexor comercil! HERE IT GOE! Im so glad I stopped taking xor! stopeed seing the DOC! Now I can be old depessed self again! !!!!!! Sencerely The Richa!
Posted by maryx on September 25, 2004, at 19:52:00
In reply to Effexor- -HORROR- worse than Depression, posted by richa on September 24, 2004, at 18:57:07
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> Stopped taking effexor xr 75mg twice daily abruptly! Did it because I was having paranoid feelings!- anger SEVERE suicial thoughts- worse than ever- Weird terrifying- weird sex thoughts voices Terrors-insomnia- inabilty to feel at all calm! memory lose- feeling that I am not at ALL-in controll of my feelings or thoughts at any time!! inability at all to feel any happy feelings - that even my depressin let me feel or calm fest that even depressed I had at times. also I was afraid that i could loose total contoll cause of the hostile rage that was building up in me! sick weird dreams when I did sleep! fellings of fullness in my head! Total weird fears of lack of emotional contoll! The withdral symptoms were bad bad headache some fears bur comared to how I felt on effxor and that is only on four month thearpy- I cant wait to go back to my depresion at least that I can unerstand at least I get more contoll over my actions and feelings than that crap made me feel- alot more weird terror feelings went threw me on that crap, also I made fast angy dangerous driving moves- ive always been c- all I can say is my life l;ong- cronic depession is is a relief comared to to to horror of my mentl and physicl stae on effxor- If you want to plunge into heel - be my guet- if effor works for you! heaven- howerver if it does not- go ahes pop those pills as Doc prescribes be my guet- IN HELL! Ill take my depessin any day to that hell! Be my guest trust the doctor! I just am so happy that my former depessin is starting to return Ironic twist to that Damn effexor comercil! HERE IT GOE! Im so glad I stopped taking xor! stopeed seing the DOC! Now I can be old depessed self again! !!!!!! Sencerely The Richa!
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richa-don't give up on meds yet-there is one out there that will work on you. I know it feels sometimes that the psychs are just experimenting on us, but that's because they don't have the means yet to tell by a blood test exactly what meds we need, so they have to do it by trial and error (sometimes lots of errors). I know it's very frustrating, but it's worth it to keep trying. There are worst things than depression, but there are better things too. Peace. M.
Posted by trishagni on September 27, 2004, at 3:23:02
In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawl, posted by richa on September 24, 2004, at 19:23:24
Hi Richa, sometimes effexor can make people manic, i think. Perhaps that is why you were reacting to you in that way. In which case you should probably tell your doctor and your doctor will prescribe some other anti depressant. Not all anti depressants bring about those feelings. In any case, good luck!
Posted by Sondi on September 27, 2004, at 3:26:16
In reply to Re: Long-term effects, posted by richa on September 24, 2004, at 19:35:15
I, too, feel a lot more paranoid since I've been on effexor than before. I sometimes have mild pain in my chest and back and feel really "wired" and tense. It's scary because I feel out of control and am worried about the possibility of panic attacks returning!
Posted by jujube on September 27, 2004, at 3:26:18
In reply to Re: Long-term effects, posted by Sondi on September 25, 2004, at 0:20:48
I don't know that I necessarily felt paranoid, but I certainly had this underlying feeling of extreme apprehension almost the whole time I was on Effexor. I found myself becoming fearful of having anxiety attacks which was unnerving since I had only had one episode that could have been considered an anxiety attack. Everytime I went somewhere all I could think of was "what if". This resulted in my starting to limit what I would do. It was so disturbing because I had only ever felt like that once before (many years ago when I stopped drinking), and I couldn't figure out where these feelings were coming from. The longer I stayed on the Effexor, the more intensified the feelings became. The worst for me were the extreme feeling of apathy and the unrelenting lack of motivation. I wanted to go out and have fun, but just couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to actually do it. I was numb and just going through the motions. This was so unlike me. I have always been the type of person who has a lot of get up and go. It has been just over two weeks since I stopped Effexor and started Celexa, and I am still having a problem getting myself out of the rut. It is scaring me so much, and I don't know how much more I can take. I hate feeling like this. I just want to be me again.
> I, too, feel a lot more paranoid since I've been on effexor than before. I sometimes have mild pain in my chest and back and feel really "wired" and tense. It's scary because I feel out of control and am worried about the possibility of panic attacks returning!
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