Posted by Janelle on September 24, 2001, at 1:00:47
In reply to Re: I can ''feel'' again-yikes-not sure I like this! » Janelle, posted by SLS on September 24, 2001, at 0:39:56
Hi Scott,
I actually wondered if I could be experiencing just what you mentioned - an improvement mmediately after discontinuing an antidepressant, what you said is sometimes called a withdrawal-rebound! Yu-oh! I'll see how the next week (which will be week #2 with no EffexorXR) goes. I hope and pray that what I'm experiencing does NOT fade. It's weird to be *feeling* again, but I must admit, it's more *normal* at least for ME, than the other (numbed out) way was.I was *only* taking 75mg/day of EffexorXR for about two months, then 4 weeks at 37.5mg/day to taper off. I could only tolerate 75 at most; the higher I'd titrated the more anxious, jittery, caffeinated, lightheaded I felt. I have also read (on here as a matter of fact) that at 75mg EffexorXR effects mostly Serotonin and its NE effects do not kick in until about 150 mg. If this is true (for most people) then it wouldn't have the NE reuptake inhibiting roperties of Effexor that might be responsible for a rebound in my case.
I have a strong belief that I was experiencing a return of those emotions that were dampened by the serotonergic counterpart of Celexa and Effexor (but interestingly NOT Paxil all those years! In the end, it had me bouncing off the walls with emotions - into hypomania)
I can now see exactly what you mentioned - the cognitive and emotional side effects of drugs come on so gradually and persist for so long, that one doesn't realize the degree to which they are being affected until they finally stop taking them. Even on *only* 75 mg/day of EffexorXR there is NO DOUBT in my mind that I was numbed from it. Now, from what you've said, a little more time will tell if this return of *feeling* is rebound or not. I hope not; I hope the feelings are here to stay. I may not like all of them, but they are mine, they *belong* to me! (and I was missing them!)
-Janelle
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