Posted by tuffys mommy on July 27, 2003, at 11:12:10
In reply to Re: Side effects of Zoloft, Paxil, and Effexor XR, posted by Cari on June 7, 2000, at 17:39:59
HELLO EVERYONE. I'M PRETTY NEW TO POSTING,BUT VERY SEASONED TO TAKING MEDS. HERE GOES: I'VE BEEN TAKING EFFEXOR XR FOR 3 YEARS NOW, 3OO MG. PER DAY, AND FIND MYSELF (I'M A 40 YR. OLD FEMALE)GETTING A BIT MORE DEPRESSED AS THE MONTHS GO BY. I ALSO TAKE 150 MG. OF WELLBUTRIN AND 25MCG.OF CYTOMEL TO AUGMENT THE ANTIDEPRESSANTS. I SEEM TO HAVE PLATEAUED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE. I'VE COMLPLETELY LOST MY SEX DRIVE, SO I GUESS IT'S A BLESSING THAT I'M NOT IN ANY SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP AT THIS TIME. LATELY EVERYDAY I ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF GOING OFF OF MY MEDS TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WERE IN MY TOTALLY NATURAL STATE AND TO SEE IF MY SEX DRIVE WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. THEN I WAKE UP FROM THE DAYDREAM AND COMMON SENSE FILLS MY HEAD AND I FIND MMYSELF POPPING MY EFFEXOR XR AND WELLBUTRIN AGAIN. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I NEED THE MEDICATION TO COPE. IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THESE MEDICATIONS DO THESE THINGS TO US.ARE THE SCIENTISTS WORKING ON MEDS THAT WILL TRY TO HELP DEPRESSION AND KEEP SEX DRIVE IN TACT? THAT WOULD BE NICE. SO YOU SEE, BEING ON ANTI DEPRESSANTS IS VERY DEPRESSING ITSELF. THE SEX DRIVE IS A GOD GIVEN GIFT THAT IS A COMPONENT TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH A SPECIAL PERSON. TO GIVE OF YOURSELF TO ANOTHER. I FEEL THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST IN MEETING A MAN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS MEDICINE THAT I'M TAKING. I NEED THE MEDICINE THOUGH.I'M STUCK. THEY SHOULD HAVE A CLUB FOR US PEOPLE. I KNOW WE WOULD SURELY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. THE SAD PART IS, I KNOW I MUST STAY ON THIS MEDICINE ALONG WITH THE WELLBUTRIN AND CYTOMEL AND I ALSO TAKE TOPAMAX 250MG.FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN, BUT IT ALSO ACTS AS A MOOD STABILIZER. THE TOPAMAX RECENTLY REPLACED NEURONTIN 3600MG. THAT I WAS ON FOR 5 YEARS. OH WELL, I'M SURE IT COULD BE MUCH, MUCH WORSE. I JUST NEEDED TO GRIPE A BIT THATS ALL. THANK YOU ALL.
poster:tuffys mommy
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