Re: - Effexor

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(A),

I have been on Effexor since about the start of November and I can

tell you it has made the world of difference.

I had been on Reductil for around six months and came off it just

after my banding in October. I can tell you I landed back with a thud

and found even getting out of bed to be a struggle. i was emotionally

spent and very aggressive to everyone around me.

I saw the doc and he put me on Effexor and within days my whole family

could see the change back to being a lot more in control. I have found

however that there have been times where I've wanted/needed to have a

good cry but instead just felt flat and really unable to connect with

people when normally I'm not like that.

Anyway it's a small price to pay from how I was.

Best of luck with it.

pyretta

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(A),

It really has effected how I display any emotion. I seem to have no

extremes any more, whether it be anger, sadness or happiness. I'm kind

of flat. I am feeling those emotions, but don't seem to be able to

display them, if that makes any sense. I have never had a problem with

blood pressure (except when I was a smoker), and although slightly

raised, it's not causing the doc or myself any concerns.

As for appetite, I really can't tell. I am more hungry than I was on

the Reductil, but I expected that, and with everything else happening

at the moment, I've returned to a bit of emotional eating.

I really hope you don't have another slip and the reflux is just that,

hopefully they can control it with meds and the rest of your journey

will run smoothly. You may have just strained a stomach muscle getting

into those awkward spots. You really don't need any more hiccups.

My weight loss journey is actually traveling backwards at the moment.

I went for my second adjustment last Wednesday an all I got for it was

another credit card sized bruise, three puncture marks, a pain that is

still there, and an x-ray telling my my port has completely flipped

over and they can't get access to it.

I go back to the surgeon tomorrow to find out the next course of

action, which we all know will be a port replacement. It seems he has

also damaged the underside of it trying to get the needle in.

In the mean time I now weigh nearly 15kg more than I did 2 weeks post

op and feel pretty uncomfortable, hence the emotional eating.

I know I'll get back on track as soon as I have a functioning port,

but for now I'm Just frustrated.

Pyretta

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Hi Pyretta,

Thanks- I've been on Edronax, after previously having been on Lovan, and

I really felt like I was only just hanging on by the end of the year. My

GP finally took my word for it that I wasn't doing well, and changed me

to this, but I was freaked out by what I read about the side effects and

withdrawal syndrome. I've taken half a capsule for the last 2 days, and

I can already feel my mood and attitude towards things changing.

Has it affected your appetite or anger? That's the two things I'm

worried about, oh , as well as whether it made your BP increase. I'm

pretty much accepting that I'll need something for my mood for the rest

of my life, as I've always struggled, but as things go on, the meds seem

to be more and more heavy.

Thanks for your help. How's things going otherwise.? I'm worried that I

may have ANOTHER slip, as I've been really refluxy for the last day or

so, all exacerbated by a heavy duty bout of cleaning- when I really

wrenched myself getting the vacuum into an icky corner. I felt really

wrenched and sore after that in the stomach area, and now the reflux. Is

it possible to have a slip from movement???

The good news is, I really don't feel like eating at the moment.

Cheers,

(A)