Posted by racergurl74 on June 22, 2003, at 21:19:10
In reply to Re: Susy needs help! » Susy, posted by mercedes on June 21, 2003, at 3:51:32
I don't want anyone to get the wrong message from what I want to say. I have been on effexor for 7 days and just found this posting site. I've read everyone's experiences. Before effexor, I had been on prozac 20 mg. for about 5 years. I originally started the med because of marital problems and needed something to help me thru it. Everything worked out and I'm still married, going on 19 years. Heres my thing, when do you know if you don't need any meds any more? For the past 2 days I have forgotten my effexor and I have the worst nausua ever today. The prozac had begun to make me very lifeless and tired and lazy and sleepy, that's why I wanted to change to effexor. But now, I kind of feel like maybe I don't need any meds any more. My family practice doc prescribes it for me. I've never been to a phsyc. dr. I would just like to be my old self again and not be medicated if I don't have to be. I can remember feeling so much more energetic before I started prozac and I would love to discontinue if I could. I asked my dr. and he said, "ok", just to stop, that I'm not on high enough dosage to taper off. What do you think.
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