Posted by bleauberry on April 11, 2008, at 18:05:12
In reply to effexor withdrawl, posted by nikkimarie on April 11, 2008, at 15:06:09
> Is it possible to still be reacting from some >sort of withdrawl from these meds two months >later?
Yes.
I took me a full 3 months to find my true "baseline" after prozac was completely out of my system. And still I have never been the same. It is kind of like a mixture of the original problem along with new brain changes that the drugs did.The brain after 3 years of drug manipulation is not the same brain you started with. Might be worse, might be better, but it is not the same. Lots of changes and adaptations have happened in there, and no one knows if they are temporary or permanent. My doctor thinks they are permanent.
Critics of antidepressants say that the drugs change the brain in a way that it is dependent on the drug. Regardless of whether you feel better on the drug or not doesn't matter, only that the brain now relies on the drug, kind of like a permanent addiction or dependence. There are people that clearly demonstrate this effect, but there are also people that have stopped drugs and somehow returned to something fairly normal. Personally I think it has a lot to do with personal genetic codes. No one is the same.
Assuming all is well in the brain and no permanent changes or damages have happened, yes it is in my opinion a likely scenario to experience post-drug withdrawals even two months later, even 6 months later. The brain, glands, receptors, and hormones are trying to rebalance and readjust.
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