Posted by Woz on June 16, 2003, at 4:58:08
In reply to Re: Efexor XR - Long Term Withdrawal - Anyone Else?, posted by Steven G on January 7, 2003, at 2:23:59
Hi all ...
Ive been on Efexor 75 since Jan this year and had previously been on prozac for a year or more .. could be 2 years or more .. right now I cant even remember.
I am finding that if I miss my morning cap I am experiencing much the same as ive read in these posts.
Ive had to come home from work today ( again )because i missed this mornings dose. It has usually been a matter of waking up one morning not feeling " quite right" and then getting hit with the zaps big time .. i cant move without a shock running up my legs, my lips tingling and my face feeling like its crawling .. not to mention the heart thumping and such......Its now got down to 3-5 hrs, going by today. I normally take it between 8am and 10-11 am. I noticed symptoms, like lips tingling and a weird heart/stomach feeling, which i dont know how to describe, at about 11 this morning and it got progressively worse till i left work at 5 .. I was scared to death of not getting back to take it asap.
I looked up EfeXor on google and thank god I found this site. It really helps to know im not alone in having these reactions .. sadly selfish I suppose but still... :)
Has anyone else found the margin for error is very small on this drug? I know it has a short half life but a couple of hrs or so is startling and debilitating for me for at least.
Like many of you have said before, it has been of great help but what are we getting into if we take it for long term? My doctor thinks I should stay on it for at least another 6-12 months ( he noticed a big change for the better in my outlook overall) Im not sure what the exact label is for the reason im on efexor .. i had a tendancy for suicidal depression is all i really know. I sometimes think that at least back then i could FEEL .. I could write as many of us probably do and was fairly good at it..I cant even try to go there now in fear of having to tap into the deep and dark places. Sometimes it feels like the cost of the cure is the loss of depth in my life. Thats off the point I know..sorry. I just wish there were a way to fix ourselves without losing, speaking for myself, who i am.
Perhaps, as my brother says to me " May the Force Be With You" .. Well, may the force be with us!
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Woz
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