I'm actually on effexor xr. It was sooo great at first. Weight loss(tons of it), my sex drive reversed itself-I had none, but had a massive one! Then after a year or so, I had to up it. One day without the damn pill and I go through withdrawal. I've gained so much weight back. My sex drive is all over the place. And yes, the addiction is more in the body than the mind-which is very scary.
I'm not saying no. But I just want to give you my experience with them. I am bipolar, I have panic attacks/anxiety, as well as various forms of OCD. In all honesty, effexor was the only thing that helped for the first year on it. But after that, it's been a lot of hell.
trust me, don't read anything about medication on the internet...
a LOT of people who write about things like that are hypochondriac or paranoid about things like this. they say things like this about every single type of medication... it's like conspiracy theories.
I hope they work for you, or you find something else that works. I have terrible anxiety & have yet to find any sort of (legal) drug that has significantly changed things. I've been on prozac and wellbutrin, but they made me start feeling much worse.
i've taken pretty much every medication that exists for anxiety/ depression/ general psychosis. all those side effects are things that they have to list because it happens to a few, not what will happen to you, although i've had pretty bad luck when it comes to side effects, the worst being a permanent heart condition. but i do think that most of the time, there has to be a medication out there that will benefit you more than ruin you, you just have to find it. i've had ones that work temporarily, but none long term. if effexor still isn't working in two weeks (because that's when things even out, and when things start working fully) then quit it, and try something else if you feel up to it. i've done a lot of fighting against medications, but right now i've found a combination that works for me well.
I am so, so tired of everyone turning to PILLS and DRUGS and DRINKING for happiness.
THE WORLD IS HARD LIFE CAN SUCK and you cant become happy by taking a god damn pill. Fucking drug addicts, let time pass. Jesus. NO matter how weak I think I am I atleast can take pride in the fact I am stronger than every dickwad who takes a PILL to get over their anxiety and depression.
youre just giving yourself more problems.
I think youre wonderful, I do please dont take them. Please? I wish I could make you feel better so you wouldnt turn to those -things-. theyre NO better than street drugs.
i dont think i can become happy from taking a pill. i think i can lessen the irrational crippling anxiety i feel in situations that dont nearly give that reaction to any regular person. such as going to a concert and ending up crying and hyperventilating in the bathroom because the huge crowd was making me so anxious
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hey hey hey. i am not increasingly unstable! i am as unstable as ever i was, if not slightlyteenybit better.
i agree, my siblingface, exactly on what you wrote above. i have been given loads of shit about being on meds and you know what? fuck those people. fuck them. i don't care if they mean well, they don't know. as you know, i have friends who are on meds and i truly believe that without their meds i would no longer have them. i think some people should have meds. totally.
when i get back. january 9th sometime after 4pm i think. you and me=bonding. if you try effexor and it doesn't work, ask to try something else. paxil made me insane, but zoloft is okay. i am not zombied from it, i am regular me but slightly less on the down. the drugs stabalize you but it is YOU my dear, who controls your actual destiny. it is your outlook and strength, but sometimes you need some help to get to the point where you can channel that shit.
just to let you know: what you wrote is offensive on very many levels.
the world can suck and life is hard, but you know? there are varying degrees of suckage and hardness. i don't know what your experiances are and you do not know mine.
being on carefully monitered pills to regulate your brain chemistry is not the same as binge drinking or doing meth. get real. grow up.
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I'm not saying no. But I just want to give you my experience with them. I am bipolar, I have panic attacks/anxiety, as well as various forms of OCD. In all honesty, effexor was the only thing that helped for the first year on it. But after that, it's been a lot of hell.
Good luck, honey. I wish the best for you. ♥
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a LOT of people who write about things like that are hypochondriac or paranoid about things like this. they say things like this about every single type of medication... it's like conspiracy theories.
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i've done a lot of fighting against medications, but right now i've found a combination that works for me well.
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THE WORLD IS HARD
LIFE CAN SUCK
and you cant become happy by taking a god damn pill. Fucking drug addicts, let time pass. Jesus. NO matter how weak I think I am I atleast can take pride in the fact I am stronger than every dickwad who takes a PILL to get over their anxiety and depression.
youre just giving yourself more problems.
I think youre wonderful, I do please dont take them. Please? I wish I could make you feel better so you wouldnt turn to those -things-. theyre NO better than street drugs.
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i agree, my siblingface, exactly on what you wrote above. i have been given loads of shit about being on meds and you know what? fuck those people. fuck them. i don't care if they mean well, they don't know. as you know, i have friends who are on meds and i truly believe that without their meds i would no longer have them. i think some people should have meds. totally.
when i get back. january 9th sometime after 4pm i think. you and me=bonding.
if you try effexor and it doesn't work, ask to try something else. paxil made me insane, but zoloft is okay. i am not zombied from it, i am regular me but slightly less on the down. the drugs stabalize you but it is YOU my dear, who controls your actual destiny. it is your outlook and strength, but sometimes you need some help to get to the point where you can channel that shit.
let me know how it goes. i shall be home soon.
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the world can suck and life is hard, but you know? there are varying degrees of suckage and hardness. i don't know what your experiances are and you do not know mine.
being on carefully monitered pills to regulate your brain chemistry is not the same as binge drinking or doing meth. get real. grow up.
i just had to say that.
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