Posted by luvmygirlz on January 19, 2004, at 21:12:34
Hi.First I would like to tell you about myself I'm a single mother of two small children.I'm not "single" my husband works out of state a lot, he's in construction. He's only home maybe 30 days out of the year so when I say single, I am for the most part. I was diagnosed with post partum depression after the births of both my children. The first time I was prescribed Paxil, I couldnt take it. I was sleepy all the time and gained alot of weight. I switched to Prozac, which I did fine on for a year but got pregnant and had to stop taking it. After the birth of my second, I was put back on prozac but it stopped working after a year. I was then prescribed Zoloft which worked great but like the prozac, it stopped working. About 7 months ago I was prescribed Effexor XR. I knew little about it and *trusted* that my doc knew what was best for me. Now to the present.... I decided to try to go without medication, I jus don't like the idea of being on medicene for the rest of my life. I talked to my doc about weaning off, he suggest going from 150 to 112 for 2 weeks, then to 75 for 2 weeks then finish it off with 37.5 for two more weeks. I am currently on my second week of 112mg. I just want to know if this is th best way to do it? I'm already having withdrwals, dizzy, nauseated, tired and run down. How long am I going to feel like this? Is it going to get to get worse before it gets better? Can anyone suggest what to do to help me cope with the withdrawal? Like I said, I have two small children and no one to help me get through this. My husband won't be home until mid March. I realy need to hear from someone so I'll know what to expect. I apologize for such a long post...
poster:luvmygirlz
thread:302948
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