Journal WannaBeGeekGirl's Journal: Effexor withdrawal is underrated 6
At least they let me go from 600mg to 300mg over 60 days.
But this going from 300mg to 0mg in 5days sounds more like a sports car benchmark than brain chemistry. Especially when the Cymbalta I started the first day of this 5 day run, will take 6-8 weeks to reach "therapeutic levels" in a normal person's brain. Ha ha...normal. I'm so freaking treatment resistant that they've had me on 52 meds and I don't respond.
Anyone seen Requiem For a Dream? Great flick. Don't let your kids see it, but I highly recommend it. If you've seen it, you know the legal methamphetamines the older lady was using? The green and blue pills? Well, other than my mood problem with depression my other major problem symptom is lack of energy. So one of my doctors put me on amphetamines. This was in the summer of 2001. They started me on "normal" doses. By the time that 9/11 came around I was on in the words of two shrinks and a pschyopharmacologist "enough speed to kill an elephant". I was still working at that time. The problem was, I would hear the slew of 5 alarm clocks go off, sit up and take the amphetamines, eat an apple to make them kick in. Then I would fall back asleep sitting up in bed with the apple core in my hand, until a friend came by and physically removed me from bed. I think they call it speed because its supposed to make you go faster. Last I checked methamphetamines, the ones I was taking, were "uppers". ~smirk~ And I could sleep soundly through a horse's dose? Sorry, you can build up a tolerance but not THAT fast.
This was when they started to think my brain might be chemically resistant to drugs...
Back to Effexor withdraw. My brain and body do not like being taken off this drug so fast. Mainly it has turned me into an irritable bitch beyond any PMS you can imagine. There are also "brain shakes" and when I hold still for about 60 seconds it feels like my limbs are no longer connected to my body. Those are the minor side effects though, the ones I can deal with. The worst thing is that I am emotionally numb for periods of hours. I just have no emotion. I don't think thats normal. I really don't like that feeling. In fact, I prefer pain to numbness, emotionally at least. For all the times they warned me about addiction to sleeping aides, amphetamines, pain killers...never had problems. This anti-depressant is really fscking scaring me when I have feelings.
I just keep telling myself, only 3 months to go before they get the Cymbalta up to what is a "therapeutic level" for me. Then the most scary question of all gets answered, am I completely resistent to it? If so, I am SOL because there aren't any drugs left for me... ~pf
But this going from 300mg to 0mg in 5days sounds more like a sports car benchmark than brain chemistry. Especially when the Cymbalta I started the first day of this 5 day run, will take 6-8 weeks to reach "therapeutic levels" in a normal person's brain. Ha ha...normal. I'm so freaking treatment resistant that they've had me on 52 meds and I don't respond.
Anyone seen Requiem For a Dream? Great flick. Don't let your kids see it, but I highly recommend it. If you've seen it, you know the legal methamphetamines the older lady was using? The green and blue pills? Well, other than my mood problem with depression my other major problem symptom is lack of energy. So one of my doctors put me on amphetamines. This was in the summer of 2001. They started me on "normal" doses. By the time that 9/11 came around I was on in the words of two shrinks and a pschyopharmacologist "enough speed to kill an elephant". I was still working at that time. The problem was, I would hear the slew of 5 alarm clocks go off, sit up and take the amphetamines, eat an apple to make them kick in. Then I would fall back asleep sitting up in bed with the apple core in my hand, until a friend came by and physically removed me from bed. I think they call it speed because its supposed to make you go faster. Last I checked methamphetamines, the ones I was taking, were "uppers". ~smirk~ And I could sleep soundly through a horse's dose? Sorry, you can build up a tolerance but not THAT fast.
This was when they started to think my brain might be chemically resistant to drugs...
Back to Effexor withdraw. My brain and body do not like being taken off this drug so fast. Mainly it has turned me into an irritable bitch beyond any PMS you can imagine. There are also "brain shakes" and when I hold still for about 60 seconds it feels like my limbs are no longer connected to my body. Those are the minor side effects though, the ones I can deal with. The worst thing is that I am emotionally numb for periods of hours. I just have no emotion. I don't think thats normal. I really don't like that feeling. In fact, I prefer pain to numbness, emotionally at least. For all the times they warned me about addiction to sleeping aides, amphetamines, pain killers...never had problems. This anti-depressant is really fscking scaring me when I have feelings.
I just keep telling myself, only 3 months to go before they get the Cymbalta up to what is a "therapeutic level" for me. Then the most scary question of all gets answered, am I completely resistent to it? If so, I am SOL because there aren't any drugs left for me... ~pf
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both our points being, we're all different (Score:2)
The primary treatment for ADHD is actually amphetamines as with the different brain chem, it does the opposite, they calm down rather then speed up. I'm one of the 'lucky' ones that amphetamines slow me down. It's possible you are the same.
Yeah this is true, I forget that they also tried Adderall (sp?) and Ritalin which are used for ADHD/ADD and both left me tired. Amazingly, with all my physical health problems, most of which are attributed to clumsiness. And the ones in the mental health department of unknown origin, adult ADHD has never been a diagnosis, or it would be treatable! (or am i so tired that i got that confused?)
My brain chemistry is definitely atypical. Tylenol gives me headaches. Lunesta, the sleeping pill they ad
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Persevere.
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FWIW (Score:2)