Posted by Rob1963 on April 5, 2004, at 23:30:49
In reply to Re: Effexor Wd - Switch to Paxil CR? » Rob1963, posted by Sad Panda on April 4, 2004, at 14:18:37
My side effects from Effexor withdrawal are nausea, body aches, light-headedness, ringing or thundering sensation in my ears, insomnia or long periods of sleep (inconsistent sleep patterns), twitching in legs when trying to sleep, definite lack of cognitive focus (really irritates the fire out of me), uncontrollable trembling, minor skin irritation (itching), and a noted increase of exhausing dreams. I don't think I left anything out... did I mention my memory loss? Fortunately for the family cat, these symptoms are sporadic in frequency and intensity. It hasn't been in my Top 10 List of things I want to continue to experience. Why would anyone want to get "hooked on drugs" if they know they'd have to "unhook" from them?
The Effexor has become ineffective and my mental well being is much worse - I had to do something. Effexor worked great in the beginning. I started Paxil today and so far I haven't been sick like I was with Effexor. I got extremely nauseated after only 1 hour of starting Effexor.
Give me a couple of weeks with the Paxil and we can let the results speak for themselves. The human body is an incredibly complex chemistry lab. I really don't think anyone really knows what makes this stuff work the way it does. If the results were consistent and the all the pertinent factors known, there would be no reason for debate or specualation. They just know that it does certain things given a limited number of known conditions. Anything beyond this is speculation. I'm an laid off engineer and I understand data. Show me unbiased data which significantly supports the speculation and you may have a legitimate case. Which is not saying much, just the obvious. But when literally billions of dollars are at risk, and the medical community is unwillingness to admit that they don't know everything at the risk of getting sued, the water can get pretty murky. I guess that's why they call it "practicing medicine."
I know - more information than you needed. ;-) I need to find a good day job.
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