Posted by Holly on November 27, 2000, at 21:35:13
My husband of 10 years was in an accident and died May99 at the age of 32. This left my life in a mess. I am 31 and am raising our daughter alone. I never had problems with depression and coping until his death. I refused to be on medication for the first 8 months after his death. I was so numb anyway. After falling into the deep, dark depression hole last January, I finally went to a doctor. It was that or lose myself forever. He put me on Celexa. Until today, I have taken 10-20mg a day (I am very drug sensitive) since then and it helped me tremendously. The only problem is I have gained around 25 pounds since Feb. Today my doctor gave me Effexor XR to try. I am to take the 37.5mg daily for 2-3 weeks then have a check-up to see if I need to go to the 75mg. My problem is that I am VERY drug sensitive and after reading about all the side effects from this web site, I am scared to death to start it. My life does not allow time to try something out. I can not take the risk of being sick for days or not being able to cope due to side effects. I am a mother and teach high school English part time and am currently working on my masters at the local university, not to mention work around 20 hours at another job. I need some honest advice. Do I start this or just stay fat and happy on Celexa? I think my doctor put me on Effexor because of the weight gain and lack of energy I have been experiencing lately. But a lot of people write about being sleepy all the time!????????????Help!!!!
poster:Holly
thread:49515
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