Effexor XR
I have been taking Effexor XR for around 8 years now. I have always struggled with my mood and so the docs put me on different anti depressants over the years. When it was discovered that I was B-12 deficient, I began to research the symptoms of B-12 deficiency. I had never known that someone could be deficient in B-12. I found that my mood swings were most likely because of the deficiency. Well, when I discovered the deficiency, I was going thru testing for MS and a host of other autoimmune diseases. At that time, I didn' t feel that it would be a good time for me to try and wean myself from the anti depressant. I felt I may need it due to the fears and sadness I was feeling from the illness. I have researched side effects of the Effexor and do know that it can be the cause of my symptoms as well. I guess I just thought that perhaps the doctor would know that and would test me in that area as well.
The reason I am talking about the Effexor is my brother, a paramedic, called me and told me that he has seen the effects of anti depressants on people and they are quite similar to what I am going thru. He said they usually treat these people with 50 mg. of Benedryl and the symptoms will disappear. He told me that next time I have a "flare" to take 50 mg. of Benedryl and see what happens. Now, sadly, I want a "flare" so that I can test this out. If it is as easy as weaning myself from the Effexor, then I want to know. I just had a pretty bad "flare". It was as bad as some of my worst ones. He called me two days too late. I worked myself thru it. I keep thinking that I should just start weaning myself from the Effexor now. I tried to take myself off of the Effexor a few months ago. I was going thru such misery with the withdrawal effects that I gave up and just went back to it. I thought I have way too much going on with my health right now to try and stop this drug. Now, I find out that it may be the very thing that is causing my health to decline. Effexor XR is a poison. I will never allow anyone I know to take this stuff. Once you are on it, it doesn't like to let you stop. Not to mention the fact that it would seem that people can develop Seratonin Syndrome from it. From now on, I am going to research everything that I put into my body. Docs don't seem to think about the consequences of what they are giving us Sadly, when a person is depressed, they aren't thinking about what are the long term effects. Depressed people want to feel better. They want to feel normal!
The reason I am talking about the Effexor is my brother, a paramedic, called me and told me that he has seen the effects of anti depressants on people and they are quite similar to what I am going thru. He said they usually treat these people with 50 mg. of Benedryl and the symptoms will disappear. He told me that next time I have a "flare" to take 50 mg. of Benedryl and see what happens. Now, sadly, I want a "flare" so that I can test this out. If it is as easy as weaning myself from the Effexor, then I want to know. I just had a pretty bad "flare". It was as bad as some of my worst ones. He called me two days too late. I worked myself thru it. I keep thinking that I should just start weaning myself from the Effexor now. I tried to take myself off of the Effexor a few months ago. I was going thru such misery with the withdrawal effects that I gave up and just went back to it. I thought I have way too much going on with my health right now to try and stop this drug. Now, I find out that it may be the very thing that is causing my health to decline. Effexor XR is a poison. I will never allow anyone I know to take this stuff. Once you are on it, it doesn't like to let you stop. Not to mention the fact that it would seem that people can develop Seratonin Syndrome from it. From now on, I am going to research everything that I put into my body. Docs don't seem to think about the consequences of what they are giving us Sadly, when a person is depressed, they aren't thinking about what are the long term effects. Depressed people want to feel better. They want to feel normal!
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