Need help, Withdrawl from anti-depressents

[Funstuff]

Hey, Iv been on Effexor XR for awhile, iv been taking 112.5 for about six months, Recently iv become so frustrated and pissed off over the effects it has on my sex drive, and ability to havve a sex life. I lost a year and a half relationship over it, and iv become a severly angry person, im to the point where im scared im seriously going to lose my current relationship, shes a virgin and doesnt understand that it effects my ability to function and thinks its her fault, and regardless im fet up with it.

 

I took 75mgs myself for 4 days, Then just a 37.5 for a day or 2, then today i stoped taking them. so far i didnt feel any symptoms until i started reading about them so im confident its just my mind * * * * ing with myself.

 

 

im scared it will start to kick in though.

 

I need to be off the medicane completely by january 2nd my girlfriend returns from christmas, and i need to be able to function.

 

Anyone had any experiances with effexor. Im unable to get into my doctor until after christmas

[JadedStar]

You did not wean yourself appropriately. I would suggest getting back on them and go off of them with a doctor's guidance.

 

If you can't go to a doctor since you already stopped pick back up about 50 mgs a day for a week, then 50 mgs one day, 37.5 the next, and every other day like this for a week on this schedule. Next week 37.5 mgs for a week, then the next week a bit smaller and so on. You should be tapering this off weeks at a time, not days....

 

Being completely off of it by jan 2nd was not realistic. You should have started sooner. Why do you need to be off this for your g/f? That doesn't sound healthy.

[hiphop3]

weaning yourself off meds on your own terms is a bad idea. go to a doctor who can guide you through it. then find another medication that won't have the same effects. it takes weeks to wean yourself off, maybe even a month or two.

i've been on effexor but i was also 16 and it's for adults. needless to say i had a bad reaction to it and got more depressed. so i switched to zoloft which worked well.

i do have experience with coming on and off meds tho, so i hope you take my advice.

[sparklewings]

i am just concerned, you were on this med for a reason talk to your doc see what other alternatives there are with out the effect on your sex drive. may be there is something you can take to counteract the bad effects.

 

your mental health has to come first, should not be a case of depression or erection!!

talk to your doc asap, good luck

[Sn0man]

Agree with Jaded Star. I've been on Effexor before so I know all too well that you need to gradually wean yourself of of it - and I mean g r a d u a l l y. Stopping too quickly often results in those 'electric brain shock' symptoms that just won't go away. It took me about 3 months to get off of Effexor, and I still had side effects - so trying to get off them too quickly can't be healthy.

[Funstuff]

The effect it has had, on my sex drive has almost ruined my life. It has demolished my self esteem. and im fed up with it.

 

i led me to useing cocaine, aswell as Speed in order to have sex. I don't want to use illegal drugs anymore to be able to have a normal sex life. Iv told my Doctor and they cant do anything until i get a psychitrist.

 

unforntually i just turned 18 so i lost my original psychitrist and am in a massive waitlist for an adult one.

 

my only way is to wean off or do what i did.

 

I personally do not give a * * * * how * * * * ty i feel. And im just curious to how long the effects will last.

 

 

 

and it isnt for the girlfriend, its for my mental health. Im not letting this drug ruin my life anymore. I was not told ANYTHING about the effect it would have on my sex drive etc.

 

I was oblivious to all the negative effects cause i just assumed it was stress from my first semister at university.

 

 

I can handle the eletric shocks etc.

[JadedStar]

Funstuff, there ARE other anti depressants that do not have this affect on libido. Most people have to try several kinds before finding one that works.

[Sn0man]

 

 

I can handle the eletric shocks etc.

I thought I could, too. However, within a week, I was back at my doctors office. Those electric shocks get pretty brutal.

 

The sexual side effects are the worst of all with Efexor, I know. But there are other antidepressants out there with fewer side effects.

[Funstuff]

iv been on paxil, zoloft.

 

Iv cold turkey'd from Effexor xr for 5 days before straight from 112 mg without any side effects.

 

 

I was informed by my docter "Effexor is by far the best for not having sexual side effects" i * * * * ing hate idiots

 

its christmas and iv got over 10 days to feel like absoult death.

 

Im wondering if it will let up at all by then or not. if i do infact even have any withdrawl symptoms

[JadedStar]

FUnstuff, just because a drug is known to have fewer sexual side effects only means that for the majority of the population this is the case. That does not mean EVERY person reacts the same. Most people, and it is very common, must try several types before finding one that reacts well wtih them. You obviously went on them because you had a need. It would be a shame to just quit them cold turkey without first going off of them right, and two, trying others to see what can help you.

[Sn0man]

iv been on paxil, zoloft.

 

Iv cold turkey'd from Effexor xr for 5 days before straight from 112 mg without any side effects.

 

 

I was informed by my docter "Effexor is by far the best for not having sexual side effects" i * * * * ing hate idiots

 

its christmas and iv got over 10 days to feel like absoult death.

 

Im wondering if it will let up at all by then or not. if i do infact even have any withdrawl symptoms

You may be one of those lucky people who don't get those horrible side effects from quitting cold turkey, but I still think it's something your doctor should decide, and not yourself.

 

As for your doctor telling you it had the fewest sexual side effects, well, for some people, there is no sexual side effect. For others, there are. Plus Effexor is still a relatively new drug and doctors still don't have all the information available. When I forst tried to stop using it, my doc gave me a dumb look when I told him I was going through withdral, as he was led to believe it was not addictive - and technically it isn't. But it does change your brain chemestry, and that's where those symptoms come from when you quit.

[Funstuff]

im on them because i have severe Ocd, and i have Severere Adhd. and both of them mixed caused me to develope depression, which skyrockeded when the ability to have sex disappeared. I started useing Large amounts of cocaine, speed, because i knew of my tolerance to addiction with those drugs due to previous useages. I dont want that. So i stoped, and i had 1 and only 1 sexual experiance with my girlfriend which resulted in disaster, i told ymself thats it.

Im not having it anymore. I'd rather be in hospital because im so sick from the withdrawls of this medicane and use that as a excuse that im not able to have sex, rather than try to come up with one and blame it on my medicane.

 

 

My parents have tryed to talk me out etc.

 

But if worst comes to worse, im going to end up poping some 37.5mgs hopefully making the sexual Side effects very slim yet keeping the negative head shocks away.

[JadedStar]

Also don't rule out the possibility that perhaps you need a better doctor. Not all are created equal. Finding a really good doctor is like finding the golden egg sometimes. Shop around if you dont feel the one you have is telling you things that sound right...one thing i do is never blindly take a doctors word as gospel. I research my issues after the exam as well by looking at accredited sources and getting second opinions when things don't sound quite "right". I have had many doctors in my life tell me the wrong thing and if i blindly followed them i would have gone misdiagnosed.

[Funstuff]

If i use only 37.5 Does that mean the Negaitive sexual effects will be ALOT less than they normally are at 112?

[JadedStar]

Funstuff none of us here are qualified to answer that. It might, it might not. We dno't know how your body chemistry is going to react to any dosage.

[Funstuff]

alright, well i guess. its been a day no side effects.

 

Hopefully it stays this way, or hopefully if they do come, it comes and goes within 10 days.

[treehouse7888]

i was on paxil for a while until recently my doctor changed my medicine.

 

i really dont think its just the medicine though, it all depends on your mood and what you are doing, my sex drive was low, but one day having multiple orgasms and being overly horny made me realize that.

 

i'm now on wellbutrin and abilify. i feel better for now.

[Funstuff]

i was on paxil for a while until recently my doctor changed my medicine.

 

i really dont think its just the medicine though, it all depends on your mood and what you are doing, my sex drive was low, but one day having multiple orgasms and being overly horny made me realize that.

 

i'm now on wellbutrin and abilify. i feel better for now.

 

its not that my sex drive is completely gone, its still there im still horny. I can't get an erection which makes me extremly angry. which then gets me out of any mood i had.

 

i need to have the ability to do that or else i become extremly violent daily, and i have no emotion or care towards other people. The second i stop taking them and have the ability to achieve a erection easily i feel relived.

 

I feel dizzy today but i dont know if its mind over matter, or what. but i dont care i was able to masterbate and it makes me feel good.

[hiphop3]

well i don't really know what else to tell you except that you should wearn yourself off of meds with the guidence of a doctor. and if you still need meds to keep yourself mentally in line, then you should find a different medication. but you don't seem too keen on our advice and seem pretty happy doing it your own way.