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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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@bubbles,
Awe, I totally understand. My mom and daughter share being bipolar.
My mom demonstrated this by not being able to control herself when angry. Which was often.
My daughter does best when she lives her life with my only grandson without any family being involved in her life.
This is something I cannot control, not being in contact with them. It hurts too. I know things are best for her when she keeps her world small. Very small. Its her choice.
The thing I do best is to share love and healing with the people I meet. It is their choice to take advantage of it or not.
My daughter doesn't want it.
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I am interested to read your list of hyper symptoms you posted. And glad you made the connection between your actions and bipolar. Just in acknowledging this you take control of your life....there are other things to follow up with but first recognizing the most important thing...recognizing AND admitting!!!!
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Suicide is in my family too. My brother...and friends. I myself have felt suicidal 1000's of times...no lie...And I never followed thru cuz it almost destroyed the family. I couldn't do that to them again.
Bright Wings, I am going to go be sad for a while.
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I had a psychiatrist for several years. She was great and very conservative when it came to prescribing medicine. It took several years before she administered Zoloft and then, when I complained of the side effects, she warily prescribed Effexor. Which worked. But one thing she told me but did not put in writing was that, if she were pushed, she would diagnose me with bipolar disorder. But since I was so high functioning, she did not want to put it in writing. Didn’t want to commit to it.
My anger can get out of control, however. People say I’m scary. But the histrionics were sort of normal in my family. It wasn’t until I got into the real world and away from my family that I realized it was a little over the top.
My husband is a loud yeller, too. But I understand him. And maybe that’s why we get along! He doesn’t mean anything by it, we’re just both kind of loud 🙂