Posted by Simcha on July 16, 2001, at 18:22:40
In reply to Re: EffexorXR to WellbutrinSR, posted by sl on July 16, 2001, at 16:55:04
Sl,
Thank you sooooo much for responding. I feel so isolated today. Your post helped me see that my reactions are "normal" for depressed people. I keep thinking that I have to do it all. I'm one of those over-achievers lately. Perhaps I'm slightly manic at the moment. The doc was screening me for Bi-Polar Disorder since it runs in the family. Maybe I'll talk to him about it....
Maybe this is all the withdrawal. I've been reading so many things about Effexor withdrawal...and it is as bad as they say....
I hope this gets better as I cycle down to 37.5 MG EffexorXR/day and up to 150mg Wellbutrin/day on Wednesday. I see my psych doc a week from tomorrow so that we can discuss what comes next.
All this so that I can maintain an erection....One wonders whether this is worth it...(Seriously!)
> (I can't belive nobody else answered you yet!)
>
> Yes, you're probably right about crashing off Effexor. When I went off Effexor, it took me a week to feel normal again, felt dizzy and fluish for a while, with random muscle twitches that lasted past the illness and went away gradually.
> Hopefully you'll have a time like I did, I've heard of some others that had it much worse when they came off Effexor.
>
> Wellbutrin will probably give you the "speed" feeling too, for me it went away after about 3 days. I can't speak to your situation going directly from Effexor to Wellbutrin, since I tried something else in between. Sorry.
>
> Don't feel silly about withdrawing to the car occasionally, at least you went! Lots of us sit home all the time. You did what you had to do to get through it. :)
>
> sl
>
> > Ok, I'm on day 6 of this journey. This morning I feel like I'm on speed. I've had my EffexorXR 75mg dose and at noon I will take my 100mg WellbutrinSR dose.
> >
> > My hands are shaking a little bit. The energy charge is great for knocking out this morning work here at the office so I don't mind. I've read that these effects are temporary and I'm going through Effexor withdrawal.
> >
> > I fell asleep at 7pm last night and I got up at 6:30am. That's 11.5 hrs of sleep!!!! YIKES!!! I think that my system is crashing on the Effexor withdrawal...perhaps?
> >
> > I went to a dance Saturday night and I just could not be around all those people all night. I took breaks by going out to the car to lay down. I felt a little silly about it but it was the way I felt. I'm a introvert by nature but I'm not normally socio-phobic.
> >
> > Oh well. I just need some support now. I want to believe that I will make it through this without too many problems....
poster:Simcha
thread:70310
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