Posted by step on July 27, 2004, at 14:10:58
In reply to Effexor withdrawal symptoms!, posted by Becky on October 2, 1999, at 22:03:30
Well... I went to see my doctor, and big surprise she didn't believe I was suffering withdrawal. According to her I couldn't possibly have withdrawal since a) She had put me on a weaning off schedule and b) None of her other patients had ever suffered withdrawal before while weaning off Effexor.
"Wha? Excuse me?" I felt like asking, "What the heck do I have then?"
Here I was feeling comforted that it probably was withdrawal and I wasn't dying from some strange disease, but she was so sure it couldn't be that. Oh great!
I showed her documentation I found online
( references to articles, petitions etc. ) She told me I couldn't trust the internet. When I showed her that one of the articles was from a medical journal, she told me that 'we can't trust all journals either".I strongly suspect she believes that I am imagining my symptoms because I took the time to educate myself online. *sigh*
So apparently I'm to put all my faith in a doctor who has never before encountered a patient suffering Effxor withdrawal while weaning off, and therefore doesn't believe it's possible.
Well fudge.
she told me to come back and see her in a week, and if I get chest pains again to go to emergency rather than coming to see her. No way I'm doing that! Wait times for emergency are horrendous! Besides, if I was going to have a heart attack, I'd have probably experienced it shortly after the chest pains started on saturday!
I'm so frustrated right now. My brain is zapping all over the place, my chest still hurts, I'm tired and I'm cranky!
Thank god I have peple here who can assure me this should go away eventually, or I'd sink into a horrid depression.
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