Posted by john1022 on December 9, 2003, at 20:24:58
In reply to Re: Antagonism -VS- Reuptake differences w/ AD's?, posted by linkadge on December 9, 2003, at 19:47:11
Thanks Linkadge
I am currently not taking Effexor because of the extremely bad reaction I had on it the third time (had the same reactions with Elavil, Inositol and Fish oil)
I am not sure if it a "true" manic reaction. When I restarted it, Effexor made everything 100x worse. The depression was not bad to begin with, it gave me MAJOR depression when I restarted it and intense anxiety.
It made my sleep worse, it made me twitch, it made my ears ring, made me have songs in my head constantly, slurred speech, reduced cognition, my ears ache, ring and gave me sensitivity to sound and gave me suicidal ideation when there was originally none whatesoever. When I stopped these things went away only leaving me with slight depression, anxiety, insomnia and ear problems all to a extremely lesser degree. Honestly I don't think it would have gone away if I would have continued it, but I could be wrong, because the 2 weeks I took it I got worse each day.
Would all the symptoms I am describing be considered a "manic" episode? I thought a "manic" episode would be considered more of a up mood, extreme agilation, talktiveness whereas this seemed to be a major depressive episode.
I am hoping I can add a mood stabilizer and then possibly give Effexor a try again. It was a pretty severe reaction, whereas the first time I took it I had zero side effects and felt completely better after a few weeks. I am a little worried that I won't be able to take an antidepressant ever again because of all these terrible reactions I am having.
I appreciate all your suggestions though and would love to hear what else you have to say. I think it is a great suggestion like you mentioned that if I do try Effexor again to start at a lower dose and to tirate up. I will definitely follow your advice. Thanks for taking your time to answer my question, very much appreciated. take care
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