3 weeks of hell...

[Nochowderforyou]

hi,

So 3 weeks ago I decided to come off a powerful anti-depressant called Effexor, not fun. The first few days without it, I got severe dizzy spells and working, which involved heavy lifting, was difficult. I was tripping over everything and I have about 22 cuts and chunks taken out of my legs from tripping and slicing myself open.

After the first week, I became very short tempered and angry(ier). I went to see my pals band at a pool hall, and I had just got back in from smoking a fatty with him before he went on. I went up to the bar and I asked for a pop (I don't drink anymore), he asked what kind, and I asked what they had. He told me, and it was loud in the hall, so I asked him to repeat it, and the ass says, "what are you, fucking deaf?" I thought he was joking, as I was baked Turns out he wasnt, and he HATES pot smokers, so I just said get me a Coke.

I'm playing pool and he comes up and starts watching. I make a somewhat tricky shot, and he says, "huh, not bad for a smoker" with a look on his face that I swear I have shit that looks better than him. I asked if there was problem, we exchanged a few words, and I ended up hitting the guy in the lip. I got arrested (first time in 24 years), and I couldn't deny the assault as the place is littered with cameras, so I was caught red handed.

I spent a few days in jail and buddy dropped the charge.

Yesterday, I really lost my cool at a customer at work who was cursing, putting me down, going on and on about how he will get in trouble, it will be my fault, and he'll come come back and, "work me" I told him, for a big guy, you sure whine like a baby, and I let him load up the goods himself. I got shit from my supervisor, I got mega pissed and walked out of a 12.50/hr job that I need until I start my new job at the end of October in Vancouver.

I am not usually this mad. When peple get mad at me, I laugh it off. When anti-smokers call smokers dum-dums, I laugh that off too and usually smoke out in a corner in the place, just to stink it up.

I'm back on a 37.5mg dose of Effexor now, and i have come out of isolation in my house, and the anger is not as short as it was during this past 3 weeks. I hate the fact of prescription drugs, but I have come to the decision that I need them, not physically, but mentally. In all my life, I have never been arrested, or lost my cool at a customer like that. This all happened in 3weeks! Goddamn!

Anyways, I'm glad to be back to human being again and back posting. Just wanted to drop in and say hi. :dance:

Bye.

Nochowderforyou Reviewed by Nochowderforyou on 09-14-2006. 3 weeks of hell... hi, So 3 weeks ago I decided to come off a powerful anti-depressant called Effexor, not fun. The first few days without it, I got severe dizzy spells and working, which involved heavy lifting, was difficult. I was tripping over everything and I have about 22 cuts and chunks taken out of my legs from tripping and slicing myself open. After the first week, I became very short tempered and angry(ier). I went to see my pals band at a pool hall, and I had just got back in from smoking a Rating: 5

[shoi]

i had to take steroids (not the anabolic ones) becuase im alergic to bees and got stung... it was terrible... i hurt all over, my back, knees, ect... i couldnt run or jump or walk up hill... i also had to pee alot and got angrey very easily.... and they tasted like shit

[Nochowderforyou]

Being angry sucks man. I'm 24, what's to be so angry about, you know.

I got so pissed off one morning when there was no more bread for toast. I was cursing and flipping out, over fucking bread! It was my own fault too. Maybe if I would have went grocery shopping...

[Inferius]

Angry people confuse me. I'm never angry. It comes from my dad, I think we have something in our genetics that just makes us really laid back.
Sometimes hormones or w/e really fuck with me though. In that case, I try to be as angry as possible in the shortest amount of time, in order to work it off. I don't like anger. It's a stupid, primal, idiotic feeling that does nothing but promote hate.

[royalHIGHness]

man.....this scares me........ive been going psycho and seeing psychologist which all reffered me to psychiatrists (can perscribe meds).........and so I got perscribed on a (mild) antidepressent/antianxiety lexapro and xanax......and everythings been alright.....i have my sanity back........but does that mean Im gonna need those meds FOREVER to function?.......Ive tried to stop taking the antidepressents but I just started wigging out again......man.....I used to be so level headed......

[Inferius]

man.....this scares me........ive been going psycho and seeing psychologist which all reffered me to psychiatrists (can perscribe meds).........and so I got perscribed on a (mild) antidepressent/antianxiety lexapro and xanax......and everythings been alright.....i have my sanity back........but does that mean Im gonna need those meds FOREVER to function?.......Ive tried to stop taking the antidepressents but I just started wigging out again......man.....I used to be so level headed......

How old are you?
Are you male or female?

[napolitana869]

i used to be on effexor, i've taken lots of different meds. i'm not on any now, but sometimes i think i should go back on them.

[halo]

If you want to quit maybe you could gradually reduce your dosage until you no longer need it.

[the image reaper]

EFFEXOR is a dangerous drug for some of us ... I was on it for only 3-4 days, was still on the first week's half/doses ... went absolutely berserk, woke up in my bed with gun in hand, scared to death of who knows what ... happened over and over that night ... if I hadnt experienced harder drugs in my life, hard to say what would have happened ... I rode it out ... threw them in toilet next day, and told doctor, "that's it, you've had your turns at bat, no more of YOUR drugs" ... bad shit, Maynard ...

[birdgirl73]

I gotta confess that I hated Effexor, too, and the more that I read about it, the less I believe in the stuff. It's a hard medicine to be on, it's especially hard to come off of (and it's best if you lower the dosage slowly and very gradually), and I've found there are better ways for me to fight depression. I don't argue with people for whom Effexor works well, because I've known several of those, but I hated the side effects I experienced when I took it for depression and don't trust it for me. What I'm reading here makes me trust it even less.

Hey, my sweet friend Image Reaper. Hope you're doing well. Always good to see you online!