Coming off the meds:

[jread]

After taking Effexor XR daily for over a year, I am officially on my second day without it. My fiancee and I decided that I should try going without it for awhile and see how I do. Since the withdrawals are particularly bad with this drug, it was a 2-month process to lower my dosage down until I could eventually come off it entirely.

Last night and all of this morning I have felt really strange. I think the Effexor made me even more emotionally detached than normal, so I'm starting to have a lot of "feelings" coming back all at once.

Anyway, has anyone ever gone through this before? I can already feel the depression coming back, the anxiety kicking in, and my focus beginning to fade. These are the three things that the medication had fixed for me during the past year. Then again, I do "feel" more and am starting to feel "alive" again instead of just "existing" in a zombie-like state as I did on the meds. I was never sad but also was never happy... I was emotionally numb.

I truly hope everything turns out ok during this process of becoming re-acquainted with myself and facing up to who I really am. I'm already starting to have thoughts about refilling my prescription.

I have a research paper to finish writing after work (due in class tonight) and I can't seem to get into the mindset to do it.

******.... I'm a goddamn mess right now.

 

[Kalbi]

does anyone know what the play is called when the ball hits the ground on the 3rd strike and you have to tag or throw the batter out?

 

[sixone]

Please tell me your doctor is helping you reduce the dosage. This is not something you should be doing without the assistance of a doctor.

 

[Patt]

Good luck jread :thumbsup:

 

[PHiuR]

best of luck.
drugs are the devil.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: jread
After taking Effexor XR daily for over a year, I am officially on my second day without it. My fiancee and I decided that I should try going without it for awhile and see how I do. Since the withdrawals are particularly bad with this drug, it was a 2-month process to lower my dosage down until I could eventually come off it entirely.

Last night and all of this morning I have felt really strange. I think the Effexor made me even more emotionally detached than normal, so I'm starting to have a lot of "feelings" coming back all at once.

Anyway, has anyone ever gone through this before? I can already feel the depression coming back, the anxiety kicking in, and my focus beginning to fade. These are the three things that the medication had fixed for me during the past year. Then again, I do "feel" more and am starting to feel "alive" again instead of just "existing" in a zombie-like state as I did on the meds. I was never sad but also was never happy... I was emotionally numb.

This is why I got off of lexapro. I didn't have any particular withdrawal problems, etc.
Good luck

I truly hope everything turns out ok during this process of becoming re-acquainted with myself and facing up to who I really am. I'm already starting to have thoughts about refilling my prescription.

I have a research paper to finish writing after work (due in class tonight) and I can't seem to get into the mindset to do it.

******.... I'm a goddamn mess right now.

 

[digiram]

Is it some sort of Narcotic?

 

[jread]

Originally posted by: sixone
Please tell me your doctor is helping you reduce the dosage. This is not something you should be doing without the assistance of a doctor.

Yes, the Dr. set me up with a plan to gradually come off the drug. It is still not without side effects, but it does minimize them.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: jread

Originally posted by: sixone
Please tell me your doctor is helping you reduce the dosage. This is not something you should be doing without the assistance of a doctor.

Yes, the Dr. set me up with a plan to gradually come off the drug. It is still not without side effects, but it does minimize them.

:thumbsup: I hope it goes well for you.

 

[laurenlex]

I hope it works for you. I think antidepressants are overprescribed in this country. Perhaps some vigorious exercise might help?

 

[jread]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
Perhaps some vigorious exercise might help?

It definitely does. I was "addicted" to exercise before due to the dose of feel-good chemicals it gave me. Once I got on the anti-depressants, I didn't care anymore as my body was getting its "fix" without the exercise.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
best of luck.
drugs are the devil.

Tom Cruise, is that you?

cr@p. there goes my 1000th post.

 

[tweakmm]

Good luck buddy. Anti-depressents are horribly over-prescribed in this country and I feel do more harm than good in all but the most extreme of cases.
I do hope you've talked to your doctor about this.

 

[biostud]

just saw garden state. :thumbsup:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333766/

good luck man :beer:

 

[Xylitol]

Good luck