Posted by 4WD on April 20, 2008, at 14:23:17
In reply to Re: 6 weeks on Nardil, posted by Fathe on April 19, 2008, at 19:14:57
Hi Lee Ellen,
I'm glad you are going to restart the EFfexor. No since borrowing trouble. And Effexor is not really any worse to get off of than most of the others.
I appreciate so much your support. Your posts about how I have an inner drive and strength have meant a lot to me. I need to spend more time thinking about what you have said. What I mean is that I never gave myself credit for any of that but your posts have made me realize that. I do need to give myself credit for having the inner fortitude to keep hanging on and to keep trying. I will try to spend some time thinking about it and even writing about it so that it gets imprinted in my brain. Thank you again for getting me to thinking about it.
You are right. Physical stuff is so much easier to deal with than depression - like your accident. I would hear about people who were battling cancer and were cheerful and optimistic through it all. And I would think to myself - "Yeah, but they are not depressed. I could battle cancer or whatever cheerfully and optimistically too if I weren't depressed."
I'm glad you recognize you are heading downward and are going to do something about it before it gets to the point where you are desperate. You get to your pdoc ASAP and get started on that Effexor.
Love,
Marsha
> You are absolutely right, Marsha. I am not going to worry about the withdrawal from Effexor when I have not even restarted it. The goal is to feel better and Effexor was a good med for me when I first started it.
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> I have also found such great information here. When I stopped Effexor a few years ago, the tips I found here were like gold to me. If it were not for some of the suggestions, I probably would have been unable to go to work for a few days as the symptoms were pretty debilitating. So this board is worth its weight in gold.
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> I also like suporting others (like you) who I know are struggling and fighting this strange thing called depression. Weird story - I was cleaning my gutters on my house two years ago and fell off my roof and was badly injured. I broke both my arms, some ribs, had gashes on my face, mouth and legs and I was in the hospital for 5 days, having surgery to repair one of my arms. I was basically incapacitated for two mos afterward and felt pretty sorry for myself. Also beign fiercely independent, having to then depend on everyone for everything totally shot my whole being. But it still is *nothing* compared to having a bout with chronic depression like I did a few years before that. Right now I am not so bad yet but if I did not recognize the feelings of blue-ness and loss of joy early enough, I could descend further like I did back then. Now I recocnize this in myself so Effexor it is PLUS I now have this board at the beginning of my treatment. This board is invaluable.
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> Anyway, keep your good progress going. You are my stimulus right now in how one can feel better :)
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> Lee Ellen
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