Posted by jay on September 24, 2001, at 18:48:51
In reply to I can ''feel'' again-yikes-not sure I like this!, posted by Janelle on September 23, 2001, at 23:11:14
What are you on now Janelle? I had a bad time with EffexorXR, and should have realized it a few years ago when I tried regular Effexor. SOme folks do really well on this, but others seem to have a rough time. It's a powerful med, for sure, and maybe that's why it works excellent for some, and not too good for others. It caused 2 things:
1)Horrible dysphoric mania..irritable, angry, scared
2)Numbs feeling completely..That's just me, though...and most a.d's do that to me in time. It just seemed quicker with Effexor.
Jay
> I didn't realize until going off EffexorXR (and Celexa before that) how I was NUMBED out by the med like many people here have said can happen from the pyschopharmaceuticals ... there are some *heavy* things going on in my life and I'd had NO emotions about them whatsoever while on EffexorXR (and Celexa prior to that).
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> Interestingly, I was not at all numbed out, i.e., I *did* have feelings/emotions the whole time I was on Paxil; in fact, after many years it contributed to hypomania, then pooped out (nice, huh?!)
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> Anyway, I thought I had somehow become incredibly strong and resilient, but now that the EffexorXR must be cleared out of my system, and I'm experiencing feelings and emotions again, I've come to believe that it wasn't such powerful inner strength and resiliency I developed, but rather the med that was blocking things in me and creating that numbed out lack of feeling or emotion. Wow ... what a revelation ...
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> And, now I find myself crying at times again, but not the *depression-type* of crying (been there, done that plenty) but rather from feelings about some heavy issues (e.g., my dad has a life-threatening illness, I had made a mess of things with the person I believed and still do believe is the love of my life, who I may have lost forever and I'm just soooooo mad at myself now after feeling nothing for quite some time).
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> Eeeek - I'm not sure I like *feeling* again ... anyone who wants to share similar experiences with meds, numbing out, etc. please do! Thanks.
poster:jay
thread:79417
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