travelnurse05
New User
4 posts since May 12th, 2005
New User
4 posts since May 12th, 2005
travelnurse05's posts
I just weaned myself off of 300mg of effexor xr over the course of weeks. I had been on various does of it for 2 years, and it did help with my depression, but after awhile I felt that it wasn't working anymore. A similar thing happened to me with prozac after taking it for 4 years as well. I did have night sweats, and some mild hand tremo... more
I also wanted to add that you should not feel like you are "giving in," as one poster wrote. It is not "giving in," but rather taking responsibility for your health and wellbeing. I am trying, one person at a time, to banish the stigma associated with mental health. It is just as important, or even more important than physical health. Just ... more
Nancy,
get help now! Another day with depression is another day of you life wasted. I have been on meds for depression for 6 years, and I only wish that I had gotten help sooner. Clinical depression is not something that you can deal with on your own, or "suck it up," as some would say. Would you tell a diabetic to "suck it up" and deal with th... more
Faithingod, if you were diabetic, would you say, "i'm going to wean myself of my insulin injections because i'm going to pray to god to heal me from diabetes?" depression is a chemical imbalence! You wouldn't tell a diabetic to pray to god so that her pancreas would start to make insulin, so don't think that you can start to make neurotransmitters... more
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