I guess just not ready to make chit chat. We rent in a subdivision while we wait for our home to sell in another City. My husband was transferred here in Dec. I don't have any friends here as I am...
Thank you all for your help. Came here today to see if I had anyone caring and I do. Thanks and hugs to all of u. Find myself hiding fr outside today....
Hi all Just back from a trip from Dryden Ontario where I had a nice visit with a great friend. Have followed dr directions to wean of effexor. Was at 300mg. Now 37.5. Another week will try none. Road...
Yes my husband totally gets it. He has been with me through so many depressions and manic episodes that he is not hurt or sensitive when I have to be alone. We have been through far worse than this...
Hi WaningMoon I am so sorry that you r sad. Sleep does help when we don't want to think about stuff, but we all want you to wake up :) you know when I read all these posts it makes me realize that we...
My doc just prescribed it for my headaches and I have bi polar as well as fibro. Just lucky I Guess!! It also can be a mood stabilizer like diclopenac and anti seizure. We will see. I'm starting out...
Just read this now KMF. Tankyou. U guys r so good. I am so angry and my anger has just turned to tears. No idea why. Afraid to talk to my sweet guy cuz I know will yell at him and he has done...
Hi guys I went and saw my GP today. My appt was for 3 so being so late in the afternoon and being an hour and a half each way I am way over done. I am sore from fibro. Oh I am in such a bad mood...
Going to sleep...
OMG in from gardening in sun vision bad. Feel awful. Wha going on. Any kno going to bed us an home...
I am going to GP tomorrow. 1&1/2 hr dr but he knows me. Emerg dr never seen me before. Not sure if this is what it is like to be normal and happy or I a bit manic? Gotta wAtch that. Gonna ask if he...
Yes Mustang! Tea is helping. Also put my husbands big wooly work socks on. Hands still white and cold. Also took a clonezepam as I was getting anxious. Laying on couch with my dog. She seems to calm...
Thanks guys. Good to know u r here Mustang. So sorry u r not felling well. U get better! And Sunny I am off to make some tea. Never thought of that. My whole body is shaking. I must look a sight lol!...
Hi Liz! I'm new too. Everyone seems so kind and supportive. Be YOU tiful I am just learning to bury the past. I have nailed it to the cross and I don't want it anymore. I finally like looking forward...
So went from 300mg of Effexor to 150mg yesterday. With Drs permission. Yay! As we all know I have a pounding headache which I am trying to control with Tylenol 4 and toradol. Worst thing for me today...
Thanks Mod! Can't wait to make some friends UA :)...
Hi I was dx with bi polar 1 in 1998. But now that I understand what bipolar is I believe I was like this even as a child. Came from a violent abusive home. But my mom love me so much. Dad sex...
:turn: :turn: guess I'm a lurker! So relieved I joined this site yesterday. Good to be with people who understand. Good tie all! Jane :tongue:...
I also cam mot sleep. Flexril does not make me sleepy. It used to but have been using it too long. I have used the imovane sleeping pill but the tin metal taste in my mouth all the next day makes me...
Doc has a plan for me to slowly withdraw from Effexor with the supervision of a psych. Dr perhaps in a psych ward. We started today by dropping 150mg from my 300mg daily dose. That is all we will do...
Yes, I am sorry. As soon as I hit the submit button I realized. I fretted most of the nite. Will not happen again. Thank you. How do you get your illness to print at the bottom of your comments?...
Yup....brain zaps are awful. plus was seeing stuff out of the corner of my eye, would look and nothing there. I live in small town in Northern Ontario and we have a psychiatrist com through town...
:turn: So I did talk with doc last year about discontinuing. He was for it but warned me "some people can never stop taking it due to side effects of withdrawal. I quit at that time stopping immed. I...
I am on 300mg daily. Cant stand the sweats and general feeling. Been on since 2009. Not working for my depression and due to bipolar diagnosis is making me have severe manic and then extreme...