Posted by galkeepinon on August 7, 2003, at 3:48:04
In reply to Days Three, Four, and Five of Withdrawal..., posted by RWF on August 6, 2003, at 17:58:44
The *brain zaps* DID go away-finally-they were the worst
> Hello Everyone Again!
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> Thank you so much for the supportive posts. I really hope that I can make you proud and not cave in to the withdrawal effects.
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> So anyway here it goes...
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> Day Three: On August 4th, 2003 I didn't take the medicine (as you already know due to a previous post), and on the morning of August 5th, 2003 I had the most terrible brain zaps ever! They were so bad and they made me so paranoid. Everywhere I looked my head just zapped, and shocked like crazy. I almost caved and decided to keep on taking the Effexor...but I look at my child and I realize what is at stake here.
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> Day Four: August 5th, 2003 at 12:00pm... I took the Effexor and the "brain zaps" faded by around 3:00pm. I still felt kind of tired during the day though.
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> Day Five: Here we are on the night of August 6th, 2003 at 7:00pm and I haven't taken the Effexor at all. I felt a little edgy at 4:00pm so I took 0.5 milligrams of Ativan to chill the effect, but other than that I feel okay. I am a little scared because I know that the brain zaps will be here tomorrow morning, and it will be grueling to go to work and attempt to get by until noon when I can take the medicine. But...I have to get off of this drug.
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> So there is the last three days of my recapping the withdrawal effects...
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> I hope this is helping people realize what a terrible drug this is...It should have never been released to the public until they could have figured out how to bypass this wicked withdrawal.
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> Once again, I would like to thank you all for everything that you had said, and for all the support that you have shown. Because of you...I will get by this. Thank you.
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> Talk to you soon!
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> Your Friend,
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> Rob
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