Posted by ZAPPA on January 23, 2004, at 1:02:48
In reply to discontinuing Effexor, posted by Katies1 on January 21, 2004, at 13:16:02
> Well, I have been on Effexor for about 4 years. I have been on 37.5 for the last 2. Lately I decided to take myself off of it. I just want to be free of medication and don't want to get pregnant on it. I am a registered nurse so I read up on it and decided to get off this stuff. I have been on it for anxiety. I started taking it everyother day for about 2 months and the every two or three days. I am on day 6 of nothing. Feeling a little weird, nauseated in the morning, anxious, mainly a really odd feeling. My husband is a doc (not a psychiatrist) so he has been a great support. I guess I am really scared of not being on it anymore. I have been dreading the discontinuation symptoms for a long time. I just had to do it. I would recommend having a doc monitor you during the withdrawal. I don't have one right now so I am just watching myself. I biggest fear is the risk of seizures when stopping. I hope the is on really high doses. Anyways, I just needed to get this out. I hope someone who has been through this can give me some encouragement. I know God will get me through. Thanks.
Dear Katies1,
In my darkest hours I felt that God had lost me. I felt so alone, even with my family surrounding me with love and compassion. More often than not their support made me feel worse because I could not explain why I could not be the wife, mother, sister or daughter that I felt they wanted me to be. Would I have felt this way if I was suffering from an illness that manifested itself more apparently such as, God forbid, cancer, etc. I really don't think so. I just knew that I had to fight this illness any way that I could. My resolve was reinforced by the support from my family. So I did fight and I am still fighting. I have hit a few snares but my husband says that I am like a -diamond in the rough- the more it is rubbed, the brighter it shines. As for God loosing me, no way. It is his light that now shines through me!
Hang in there....I will keep a good thought for you! ZAPPA
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