I have thought long and hard, or at least as long and hard as LBD will permit, about going back on Effexor. Yes, I agree, stopping Effexor may have accelerated my LBD issues. But that is a small price to pay for the misery Effexor caused me. The side effects of Effexor are insidious. But, after a long time on the drug, I realize I was an emotional zombie in every way!
No, I would rather live alone in a locked room than go back on Effexor. And think about it; I never heard anyone tell a Heroin addict to go back on Heroin! And when I was a drunk, no one ever told me that I should not stop drinking. Am I having issues. Yes. But some of these issues are being caused by self-centered, egotistical, morons that believe they are the only people with the ability to reason.
No thank you. I will NEVER take an anti depressant again. The rest of the world will just have to learn to deal with me. Or, they can leave me alone.
the feeling of emotional flatness is just one of the many common side effects of antidepressants.
ReplyDeleteIt can change the personality in many disagreeable ways. I really was a different person for the 20 years I was on one antidepressant or another.
If your withdrawal is brief and not unbearable that's great-
It took me 4 years of tapering to get off Effexor, and the conditions were just about perfect.
There's another possible problem though-Effexor (and most antidepressants) are known to cause unbearable delayed withdrawal symptoms. Some do well for even months and then get hit with really bad
withdrawal. I got offof Effexor the first try at tapering in a 3 month tapper and felt "better than ever" for exactly 2 months-when it suddenly felt like a wall had fallen on me.
On the other hand some people can get of antidepressants with relatively bearable withdrawal.
Hope you're one of them. By the way, I was a Radioman in the Navy.