@grandmar........Girlfriend..I am sooo glad I could help. You made my day. I made a typo however. The tabs only last about 8-10 hours! Before withdrawal. I have to edit that comment. But so true ...everybody is different and not all psychiatrists know all the answers. I'm here for you! Hang in there.

yOUR EXPERIENCE highlights whats so bad about these drugs

Amazing but true Big pharm pushes some really bad drugs

@grandmar please don’t apologize. Your message required explanation to be clear. You have been through much. I guess sometimes taking these drugs really does help people. Is Effexor mainly for anxiety?

Are any of the other drugs this horrible? I am specifically wondering about bupropion, citalopram, and lamogitrine. I know someone taking these and it worries me.
Thanks for any info.
JK

@contentandwell

I take Citalopram and have no side effects from it. I am happy I'm taking it, although I may have trouble getting off it if I ever need to for some reason. I say that because I had trouble getting ON it at first. The doctor just told me to start with the full dose. I had a really bad reaction, nearly passed out and my blood pressure was sky high. I decided to cut the pill in half the second day and that helped. It still took me about 5 weeks to become comfortable with the medication. I stayed at 1/2 the dose for over 6 months before a new doctor upped me to the full 40 mg dose. I had no problem with that. I am thankful that Citalopram has worked so well for me. I plan to take it or Lexapro, for the rest of my life.

Gail
Volunteer Mentor

Thank you, JK
Sometimes I do the same thing as I do when I talk....I say too much. But like you said, I feel I need to share in order to be understood.
I was put in Effexor for anxiety. It was until a few years ago that I found out it is also used for depression.
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

@grandmar I do the same, so I understand perfectly.
JK

I haven't learned how to post on my own yet so I just respond to post hope that's OK my frist post was on the 7th or 8th but besides that why would you choose Lexapro? That's what my Dr prescribed me when he gave Cymbalta and weaned me off effexor and by day 2 of no effexor I was a horrible mess 3 days at 75 and 3 days at 37.5 then none went to 30 MG Cymbalta only on that 2 days then switched to 10 MG Lexapro I still am having many different withdraws seems a bit less on some and more on other memory is horrible but seems some better I find my self staring off in blank space sometimes not sure how long but catch myself doing it a lot and I could sleep 15 hours +and now am having a very hard time getting 6 hours without waking several times with strange dreams that keep me trying to put the pieces of it together strange feeling I know one thing for sure I'm not dead from the withdraws so it won't kill ya even at times I feel I'd be better off I just don't know what to do kids ant even explain how I get the ups and downs but never taking another antidepressants besides 10 MG Lexapro and I want off that asap I'm tired of being a per say pin cousin on theses drugs I smoke thc 4 to 8 times a day and that really has been helping with the anxiety part hope everyone keeps posting it helps me to see I'm not alone and try somethings that help others

maybe your body was trying to tell you something when you had trouble ' getting on that drug' Getting off is the main problem for many