Posted by Maisy on August 13, 2001, at 6:34:50
In reply to Re: Effexor XR + Xanax as needed... Is this Norma!? » Maisy, posted by kid_A on August 12, 2001, at 22:08:12
Effexor XR has been a wonderful drug for me. Your dreams may calm down a bit over time. I was on it twice, last year, then I weaned with really no problem. A few months later I relapsed and went back on. The second time around I had a whole different set of side effects that took about three months or so to subside. I am a very vivid dreamer anyway and my dreams became even more real, but they returned to normal. Re: xanax. I read a book about depression and they had some very interesting insight about how we have to stop "acting" depressed. I was so nervous about how I would handle situations, and would freak if I didn't sleep for a night thinking that I was relapsing, afriad to go out without a spare xanax. I forgot what was a "normal" response. It certainly hit home with me and now I am trying to build up my confidence and say, hey, I can handle this. It's not enough that our minds try to defeat us, and then once we are recovered we try to defeat ourselves. I'm not saying that you are doing the same thing as I was, just wanted to share this insight. Hope all goes well with you. Hang in there.
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