Posted by dancingstar on November 19, 2004, at 1:58:57
In reply to Re: withdrawl? Not sure, but I AM depressed again » DustBuster, posted by Jiggitykid on November 18, 2004, at 21:29:35
Oh you guys, I don't even know what to say! I was feeling sorry for myself cause still have major stomach dramas (traumas) that I'm sure are Effexor related, and that horrible pain that goes up the center of my back to my neck to my head and makes it hard to get stuff done; the kind that affects your whole nervous system. It's been nearly two months since I've stopped taking Effexor, and I feel so much better better than what I did, but mostly I still feel pretty bad. Then I read all these posts, and I was kind of ashamed for feeling bad cause I know I'm near the end of it and wish I could help someone else. Maybe we all can one way or another.
I wrote an email to my doctor with the page of signatures in the body of the email so that he can read the complaints for himself. I was at his office yesterday, and his staff tells me that he doesn't prescribe Effexor anymore -- well, I mean, they said he hasn't been writing new prescriptions --progress!! -- and that is before he even opened my email. He also even mentioned to me that Paxil was just as big a problem. I'm so proud of him for following up on my sometimes over-enthusiastic griping. He knows that I am a likely reputable source of information -- at least I think he does though I will be the first to acknowledge that not everyone has as difficult discontinuation symptoms as I have...though a lot of us do, huh?
Today I wrote to one of my attorney clients and advised him of the situation. I told him what had happened to me, and he felt bad and offered to send me to someone that he thought could help me, not something I needed nor wanted him to do as I know plenty of lawyers. But when I emailed him the link to the signatures on the petition, his tone changed. I got the impression that he was very suprised at the number of people that had been harmed by Effexor and remarked that it had to be a quite dangerous drug for so many people to react that strongly.
I should also add that my own internist even asked if there had been a class action filed yet. I told him that I didn't think that there had been and asked him if he could think of any reason why we should protect Effexor, if there was anyone that was being helped by this drug as opposed to some other alternative to Effexor. Oh, I'm sure there are tonsafolks that will disagree and scream and rant and rave and holler...but he just didn't think there was a good reason to not say how -- let me keep this in the first person -- I have been harmed by Effexor.
I say this to you because I guess I'm curious to know how anyone else feels about filing a lawsuit against the company that makes this drug. I know that I have gone back and forth on the subject, because I don't want to be bothered with it; on the other hand, I get the feeling that somene has kept the extreme dangers of Effexor top secret for a long time. Goodness knows, I had absolutely know idea.
If anyone sees this, would you let me know what you think?
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041118/msgs/417773.html