Posted by MJC on October 1, 2002, at 18:46:06
In reply to Re: day 8 ..should i continue my effexor xr -MJC, posted by lucky on October 1, 2002, at 17:08:36
If I remember correctly, it was probably my 17th day at 75mgs. I just found that I couldn't sit still anymore. Felt like I was on speed. Took me like 6 hours that night to fall asleep, slept for about 4 hours, woke up the next day still just wired as soon as I got out of bed. Spent that day basically unable to sit still. Took me another 5 hours to fall asleep for like 5-6 hours that night.
Then that brings me to today in which I crashed HARD. My arms and legs have felt like rubber all day so I've been just trying to relax, watching TV. Decided that I needed some exercise so I took my dogs out for a walk. I guess that was a pretty bad choice since it's like somebody turned on a tap inside my body. I sweated completely through a T-Shirt and a pair of jeans and am now having a pretty crazy dizzy spell.
The only thing is that my anxiety is completely gone already, I've been noting my progress every day since I started. I had a pretty severe anxiety disorder which is why I started on this medication. Pretty much every anxiety disorder under the sun I've had symptoms of, have had it for the majority of my life (am now 24), and had finally become too much to bear so it was either roll over and die or fight it with everything I've got and take the meds.
I'm not sure if anybody else is going through side effects like I am, but I'm just listening to my gut instinct at the moment. I've lived through quite a lot already in my short life and my gut has always led me on the right track. My gut tells me now to keep going with this medication, I've been through worse (which is true) and that feeling better is just around the corner.
I hope this post doesn't scare y'all off but I'm going to fight my way through this. I know things can be better, I know it's up to me to make things better, so things are going to get better damn it!!! (lol) So we should all just support each other.
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