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Maile - 2004-04-11 02:46:09
for some people anti depressants aren't 'for life' medications. but for some people they have to be. i tried not being on my meds. and it was hellish. tho i didn't see it that way at first. i thought i was doing just fine. but in hindsight i was doing terribly and i was making life miserable for everyone around me. but then again i'm bipolar and that's different from being "just" depressed. so i don't know. i was on imipramine for awhile. shit that pill made me thirsty all the time. i've never had withdrawl symptoms like you've been talking about. that must be horrible. i'm so sorry that you have to go through that. i heard that paxil is bad on the withdrawl symptoms as well. i'll be thinking about you.
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fiestada - 2004-04-12 10:19:46
I've been on Zoloft for over 5 years, and every time I think "I'm okay now, I can stop taking this" I'm right back where I started. The doctor says most likely I'll have to take it forever, just for maintenance. I wish it wasn't that way, but it is. Hopefully it'll be different for you. (I also had a bad Paxil experience; have you ever tried Zoloft? I have had absolutely no complaints. Good luck!)
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prosti - 2004-04-12 15:52:47
I've never been on zoloft, although my dad is and likes it. I don't care if I need to be on things for the rest of my life, but there's something not right about the effexor. If I've weaned myself off and then been totally off for 2 weeks, why is it that I can't keep food down? Physically my body wants it bad, but mentally, as far as asking my spouse, he says mentally I am the same to him. I asked him to watch me. I don't care if I have to go on something else, but there's just something very bad about effexor.
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Danielle - 2004-04-14 23:17:04
I was on Zoloft for about a month or two and my body had a bad reaction to it and my anixity got really bad with it. I used to be on proxac, and I dont want to try paxil because I have heard to many bad things about it. Now I am on xanax and lexapro. I don't feel like there helping though.
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