Posted by linkadge on August 27, 2005, at 6:42:02
In reply to Re: What do people think of this article ?, posted by zeugma on August 26, 2005, at 15:52:20
I was prescribed SSRI's for over 5 years. The whole time I constantly complained to my doctor that my sleep was terrable. I don't remember a single time that I slept through the night.
I would wake up literally every 20 minautes in a state of panic, throughout the whole night.
Sometimes I would be literally running down the hall before I woke up.
On effexor, I would wake up and my vision would be flickering like a strobe light. I thought I was having a seizure or something.
The doctor kept saying I would adapt to it, but I never did.
When I stopped them I started sleeping like a rock. (of course I have become very depressed since)
I find it difficult to trust doctors. Not because they aren't nice people, but just because they don't know what they are prescribing.
YOu are right about glutamate excitotoxicity. In my oppinion Effexor was a long-acting excitotoxin.
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