Posted by KrissyP on March 2, 2003, at 23:28:14
In reply to Re: CAN I KILL LONELINESS? » KrissyP, posted by Katia on March 2, 2003, at 19:43:25
Katia, I am in California:-)My name is Kristen
It was already taken so I called myself Krissy-a nickname from my family like when I was 4 :-) Anyways, what do you mean by "tranversal" Psych? I'm majoring in Health and Psych. I love it. I tried Zoloft, but I don't think I gave it a chance-I am really, really careful about taking SSRI's because I had gained a whopping 80 Lbs from Prozac. I wish you didn't have such side effects with Effexor as it has really done wonders for me in the past-that's why I went back on it.
Like you, I also, decided just today that I was not going to go on the way I've been living-mostly teachiing people how to treat me. I talked to an old, good friend tonight and she dissed me bad-she has changed and I knew this when I came back to California-long story. (I lived in Oregon for a year). People are funny. Now, I am going to mull over this commment she made-she is quite ignorant, now I feel a little more alone. I don't know if someone out there is trying to tell me that I have a new life coming-with new people-new loves-whatever, but man this is tough. Anyway, thanks for your reply-hope to hear from you again:-)
Kristen
-------------------------------------------------Hi KRissy,
I'm glad to be of support to you! likewise! I was on Effexor XR from mid-sept. to last month. I was really knocked out on it. Zombie and spacey like and slept for hourssssss. I could've probably handled all that, but then in the second or third month, I started experiencing the withdrawal - "mind zaps/shivers" and visual trailing all the time. It was like I was in a mini-withdrawal the entire time. I talked to a pdoc about this and she took me off and put me on Zoloft. I'm not sure if it's working yet, I think I need to give it more time as I feel my depression came back after going off Eff. It's my first time on ADs since this summer, Celexa being the first one for me. (it didn't work). Eff. worked for me except for the side effects. We'll see about Zoloft. I am at a non-profit psych clinc and keep getting tossed around to different pdocs so it's hard for me to work closely with someone as to come up with what's next. Augment Zoloft or change? I don't know. It's utterly exhausting with this trial and error as I work a few nights in a restaurant and am in grad school, for yes, transpersonal psychology in California. But i refuse to live the way that I've been living for about twenty years. Where are you?
> Thanks so much for your response.
> Katia
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> > Katia, I am so thankful for YOU! Thank you for such kind, understanding words-it means so much-I sincerely appreciate it. You sound EXACTLY like me in terms of your feelings-and I was going to put the same thing you put-(I am not bad looking either!) *laughing* I'm not either:)
> > I was just feeling so much when I wrote that, and it summed my life pretty much up.
> > Today seems to be better- I took only 25mg of Lamictal and the 75mg of Effexor-XR instead of in the morning. I woke up less depressed, and had more energy. I am trying to take the least amount of meds possible to get a balance here-it's a doozie. I'm 6 days, I believe into starting back on the Effexor-XR, I should have wrote it down, but I was such a mess-I just wanted to start it again. Did Effexor not work for you? Just wondering.
> > Thanks again, all the best,
> > Kristen
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