To Akram, Ralph, all, re Effexor

Hi all.

yeah i had similar feelings, when i go off effexor i feel more energy and will to live, ( my doctor doesn't believe this ) , however going off the drug is pretty hard because of what i'd like to call withdrawal symtps ( also my doctor does not aknowledge they exist with anything he perscribes me ) , what i feel is strange feelings, like i don't want to listen to my loved ones i feel they irritate me , steps on the floor irritates me, more feelings of anger for a simple argument, more sex drive , more energy , high deppresion, feelin anxius so i decided to stick with the doctor's plan and not "invent the wheel" , i figured he knows more than i do so might as well continue the course of the drug.. like he asked me to :P

Hi Akram

Sounds like my symptoms as well, when I wasn't ready to end the effexor. Have you tried instituteing your own changes, or gone to therapy?  I think I started doing better once I decided to not be a doormat to family, and to think about my years until retirement and what I wanted to do with them. As an at home Mom, I needed to re-educate myself, and enrolled in some short term courses (12 week) to help define myself/goals. Hind sight tells me being proactive has really helped.  Really tough to get started though.

 

i was hospitalized for a month because i was doing destructive behavoir, as a means to run away from deppresion i isolated myself from everything, was playing an internet game for over 12 months. i'm much better now after hospitalization , i was baned from internet for 4 weeks and never to get close to that game for 6 months untill i'm ok. just got my life back toghether and job now, it's bin 3 months since i entered the hospital, and i have some close friends helping me now :)