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ANTIDEPRESSANT HELL!!       05/31/07 01:07 PM Edit Reply Quote Lisa Marie Reged: 07/17/06 Posts: 1566 Loc: Lakewood, CO I've been MIA for the last week or so because I've been in AD hell as you can see from my subject. I finally stopped taking the Effexor when I got down to 1/4 of a pill - I couldn't break it up any smaller!! What followed was a week of horrible vertigo and nausea. This started a week ago today. Tuesday the doctor finally said to stop taking the Wellbutrin, too, in case that was part of the problem. So now I'm off of everything, but still not feeling great. I've missed 3.5 days of work and yesterday was my first day out of bed. Yeah, I'm pissed. I'm pissed because I had NO idea this would happen when trying to get off these meds. I'm more pissed because I haven't been able to function for the last week - and that's very unfair to DH, too. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Today has been a little better than yesterday. I went to work for a few hours yesterday (had a meeting i HAD to go to) and ended up with one of the worst migraines I've ever had. It took TWO maxalts to make it go away (Toady can appreciate that!!). Today, I've already taken another two maxalts, but it does seem to help. Initially, I tried dramamine and valium and NOTHING helped. I finally just knocked myself out with dramamine and slept all day since I couldn't do anything else. I guess my advice is this: before you take an AD, make sure you know: 1. What the possible initial side effects are 2. What can happen when you try to get off of them later! I'm just glad I'm off of everything. IBS-wise, I feel great! Even when I was hardly eating because of the nausea, I had a bm every day. I'm down to less than 1 teaspoon of NC each day. When I was on the effexor, I took TWO TABLESPOONS! i probably don't even need it, but i'm not quite confident enough to give it up. And through all this, my regular doctor has been on vacation, so I've had to deal with doctors who aren't familiar with my situation. Ugh!! But I think the worst is over. The fact that I've been sitting up for more than half an hour at a time now is HUGE progress. Anyway, there's my update. It's almost time for another nap.... -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan) Stable since July 2007! Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008) Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Lisa Marie 04/23/07 02:01 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Nugget 05/09/07 11:21 AM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Lisa Marie 05/10/07 03:44 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Nugget 05/10/07 04:19 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Lisa Marie 05/14/07 02:11 PM Wellbutrin update? Jordy 05/18/07 08:31 AM Re: Wellbutrin update? Lisa Marie 05/19/07 09:45 PM Re: Wellbutrin update? Jordy 05/21/07 12:12 PM ANTIDEPRESSANT HELL!! Lisa Marie 05/31/07 01:07 PM You're not alone!!! Yoda (formerly Hans) 06/02/07 02:38 PM Re: You're not alone!!! Lisa Marie 06/03/07 07:19 PM Re: ANTIDEPRESSANT HELL!! line415 05/31/07 08:04 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Lisa Marie 05/03/07 08:58 PM Keep going, Lisa Marie Jordy 05/04/07 12:29 PM Re: Keep going, Lisa Marie Lisa Marie 05/04/07 02:42 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects LanieLynn 05/03/07 03:59 PM LanieLynn Jordy 05/04/07 12:24 PM Re: LanieLynn LanieLynn 05/04/07 12:49 PM Re: LanieLynn Jordy 05/04/07 06:18 PM Re: LanieLynn LanieLynn 05/04/07 08:16 PM Re: LanieLynn Jordy 05/05/07 07:26 AM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects BL 05/03/07 03:44 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects L8yVicki 04/24/07 07:20 PM What did Wellbutrin do to you? Jordy 04/25/07 06:50 AM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Flipada 04/25/07 02:58 AM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Flipada 04/24/07 04:48 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Lisa Marie 04/26/07 09:23 AM I replied on the eating board Jordy 04/24/07 06:52 AM I've taken both..... Yoda (formerly Hans) 04/24/07 06:45 AM Does this mean you suggest.... Lisa Marie 04/24/07 10:15 AM Re: Does this mean you suggest.... Yoda (formerly Hans) 04/25/07 05:15 PM Re: Does this mean you suggest.... Lisa Marie 04/26/07 09:25 AM Lisa Marie..... Jordy 05/01/07 07:11 AM Jordy... Lisa Marie 05/01/07 01:04 PM Lisa Marie... Jordy 05/02/07 07:28 AM Re: Lisa Marie... Lisa Marie 05/02/07 08:15 AM Re: Lisa Marie... Jordy 05/03/07 07:03 AM Re: Lisa Marie... Lisa Marie 05/03/07 11:56 AM UGH Lisa Marie 05/07/07 03:47 PM Re: UGH Jordy 05/07/07 06:18 PM AD withdrawal Lisa Marie 05/08/07 02:42 PM Re: AD withdrawal Jordy 05/08/07 06:24 PM Re: AD withdrawal Lisa Marie 05/09/07 08:00 AM Re: UGH Lisa Marie 05/08/07 01:24 PM Re: Lisa Marie... Jordy 05/04/07 12:26 PM Re: Lisa Marie... Lisa Marie 05/04/07 02:43 PM BTW Jordy 05/02/07 07:33 AM Re: BTW Lisa Marie 05/02/07 08:16 AM Re: Yoda... Lyndeigh 04/24/07 07:08 AM No idea, honey. Yoda (formerly Hans) 04/25/07 05:18 PM Re: Need AD advice: Effexor, Wellbutrin and side effects Carlye 04/23/07 07:40 PM

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