I was first prescribed effexor 12 years ago for post natal depression. My father in law died the week before our son was born - his first granchild. I was on it for 18 months and then again 6 years later during a period of real stress at work. That was a year. Then again 3.5 years later for 3 years when my mother in law was diagnosed with cancer and I lost 3 family members and 3 friends in 12 months. I nursed my MIL and finally lost her 2 years ago within 10 hours of losing my dog. I was on effexor - gradually reducing until 1 month ago - when it all went wrong. GP stopped the Effexor and put me on prozac, 20 mg. For the last month I have had really ups and really bads downs, anger in quite explosive bursts - I always had the awful sweats and for the last year unbearably itchy upper arms. Now I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get better - and if I do will it always be with pills - and is that a bad thing?
Your opinions and experiences might help me feel normal again.
2006-09-28
10:19:11
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