Posted by Tina1 on May 25, 2000, at 17:46:36
In reply to new meds yet again, posted by NikkiT on May 25, 2000, at 14:32:43
Hi Nikki: I am on the nefazodone too. Just started it yesterday and have been a little off all day today. It makes me feel a little sick, not really bad though. I am a low dose responder so everything makes me feel a little bit sick at first. The one good thing about taking it that I have already noticed is that I slept like a baby last night. It's been a while since I''ve said that. I had an overwhelming urge to slash my arm to bits yesterday but managed to put it off too, don't know how long that will last. It seems to relieve me faster than any med I've ever taken but it has to stop. I hate wearing long sleeves so much and explaining that I fell or played to rough with my dog. No one believes that anymore. I hope the nefazodone works for you and soon. I worry about you and think of you often. Do keep in touch, our situations do seem similar. What is your psych history, if you don't mind sharing? You can use my personal e-mail if you want, I'd love to hear from you. If you've written all of it down already in a past thread just tell me where to look and you won't have to re-write it. I'm just curious as to how similar our experience is, I know we have similar symptoms and I'm wondering about our backgrounds. Kind of like my own psychological study to see if "patients with similar life experience suffer from similar psychological disorders" Sounds like a ph.d thesis doesn't it? OR you can just tell me to go to hell and forget it. Keep in touch, luv ya--Tina
> Well, saw the pdoc again today, and was in a pretty bad way while I was there, but was in and out within 10 minutes. he's changed the effexor to something called Nefazodone (Dutonin), 100mg a day for a week, then 200 mg. he said the effexor could ahve been causing the panic attacks, and said if I was no better in 3 weeks when I go back he's going to hospitilise me. I showed him my arm, and tried to explain the suicide thoughts, but he seemed in a real rush.
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> So yet more meds to try... when will this ever end. he also said the side effects when starting could be a bit rough... I really have had enough of all this.
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> Anyway, got home about 4 hours before my husband, and really felt like cutitng again, but managed to avoid it. My husband said I was very pale when he got in, and made me prove I hadn't cut again (which I think is pretty good).
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> Oh well, lets just hope these work...
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> Nikki xx
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