Posted by Noa on November 5, 2001, at 15:17:17
In reply to Re: Consensus on withdrawing from meds under Dr's care » AnneL, posted by Mitch on November 5, 2001, at 10:02:00
Weekenders Syndrome--sounds like me a lot of the time. At the moment, I am finding work pretty stimulating and rewarding. This follows a period of time when I was having difficulty performing to expectations, so I started investing more of myself into making it work better at work, and the results have been good. I'm not overdoing it at all, though. But weekends are hard in terms of motivation. There are a million chores to do, which casts a cloud over the whole weekend, so I end up some weekends avoiding the chores but not having any fun either! I am working on this in therapy, because for me, it goes beyond a biochemical issue. It has to do with caring enough about myself vs. being able to feel motivated at work because it affects other people, etc. This weekend, my friend got me out of the house on Saturday afternoon and that made a huge difference for me.
I would advocate caution if you are thinking about going off Effexor. I think I agree that you might start with a less drastic change first. I have tweaked my Effexor dosage several times before finding the right level, including several times when it was lowered and then the serzone was raised, until a good ratio was found. For you, maybe it is about tweaking the dose (under doctor's care, of course) or trying a mood stabilizer to augment the effexor. It sounds like your pdoc wants you to consider this, no?
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