Posted by alexandra_k on June 15, 2005, at 19:35:52
In reply to Greetings, posted by crazyteresa on June 15, 2005, at 16:31:59
Hiya, welcome to Babble :-)
Glad you found us. I've been here for over a year now and I really like it here. There are lots of really terrific people who are really helpful to talk to. Thats great that you found benefit to taking Effexor - finding something that helps can be fairly tricky. It will be interesting to see whether you find even more benefit from taking the Lithium.
Good p-doc's can be tricky to find. I'm from New Zealand so I can't help you out with a mid west p-doc, but if you post something over on the social board I'm sure someone will be able to help you out.
Wow, the situation with your mother sounds pretty tricky. Tell you what, I'll look after yours if you look after mine, ok???
Husbands can be tricky (so I've heard). Nice that he admits that the Effexor seemed to be helping, though. Maybe he'll come round about the Lithium if he finds you are doing better on it.
If you want to know more about Lithium it would be worthwhile posting to the main Babble board where people talk about medications. You could also have a look in the archives for stuff that people have written about it in the past. There are also other helpful links around the site - there might be a link to info on Lithium from Dr Bob's homepage.
If you find you are having Effexor withdrawals then there is a LOT about that over on the withdrawal board. I have been on Effexor before and sometimes stopped it without any noticable consequences, but last time I stopped I found I was anxious, suffering from nausea, and couldn't sleep.
Don't mean to worry you, but just to normalise that stuff if you do notice something is amis after stopping taking it.
The withdrawal symptoms can be reduced by weaning off the effexor gradually instead of quitting it cold turkey.
Anyways, hope you like it here.
Feel free to post wherever you want.
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