The goods: Sleeping patterns and grogginess in the morning significantly improved even with my Xanax, Restoril and Seroquel taken right before bedtime and those usually leave me feeling pretty sluggish the morning after. Energy levels have improved somewhat, slight restless feeling mirrored with a slight feeling of being content. Less flashbacks and bad memories so far.
The bads: Dry mouth/throat, some hotflashes, some heart palpitations, impotence, content feeling but at the same time not happy and still feel like I have even more motivation to kill myself. I guess it’s like a trade, my body feels energetic and my mind feels a bit clearer but at the same time my inhibitions seem to be lowered -maybe a bit more impulsive in nature-, like if you were to give me a hangun and a bottle of whiskey i’d probably blow my brains out very fast. I really do understand why there is a suicide risk increase on the label, it just makes you feel like you don’t really give a fuck about things, good and bad. This drug is very confusing, maybe it needs more time to settle in my system.. will keep you all updated.
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Effexor worked well for me, but the first week was hard. Made me feel buzzed and kind of frantic. After a week I was back to “normal” but with some of the other symptoms that are typical… impotence, dry mouth, insomnia. Took about a month for me to really notice mood improvement, and the other symptoms lessened with time. Hang in there. Hope it works well for you.
Effexor is no good. I took it when I was 19. It made me and two of my friends gain 30 pounds. It didn’t help. It may have made anxiety worse I can’t remember. And if you stop it without tapering down the withdrawals are horrible. Unless that was another one but I am pretty sure it was the Effexor. None of the medications are any good. It’s not a joke.
None of those medications are a good idea.