Posted by undopaminergic on April 12, 2008, at 22:27:06
In reply to Re: effexor withdrawl, posted by bleauberry on April 11, 2008, at 18:05:12
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> I took me a full 3 months to find my true "baseline" after prozac was completely out of my system.
>Prozac (fluoxetine) is a little special, as it has active metabolites that last very long. In this respect, Effexor is decidedly different.
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> 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.
>That is quite possible, and the potential implications are an interesting topic. I've had permanent changes from reboxetine - before taking it, I was sensitive to criticism and to negative feelings such as guilt and worthlessness. Now, I'm emotionally detached or blunted, and almost impossible to touch or upset; I no longer feel guilt, and have an almost narcissistic sense of self-importance. So far so good, but I'm wondering if there may be negative sides of the change - perhaps the emotional blunting is also responsible for some of the anhedonia, lack of motivation, or other problems.
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