#effexor

[innerward]

effexor | free to use with credit

[h8everything]

My crazy pills got upped so that means I’m about to turn into the biggest whore or I’m going to off myself. Shooting for the latter ❤️

[lesbianchemicalplant]

ofc when I got on Effexor I was closeted to myself; functioning increasingly poorly, including in school, starting to feel doomed (transitioning was what eventually actually allowed me to fix things); needed to convince myself and frankly my parents* (:/) that things would change; various concrete changes and coping strategies were not doing it; again, I did not know I could be a woman; I believed in psychiatry at the time, again, so did my parents who still held a lot of sway and direct power over me; so yeah, I started therapy at 18 and was prescribed this and that stupid med to try, first by psychiatrists, and then by our family's then-GP, who was the one who wrote me Effexor

I guess I would have been...20 when I got on it

other meds I tried that were dumb:

seroquel: (!!!) 8 months or so. my first therapist DX'd me Bipolar II, this was later "a misdiagnosis", lmao (thank fucking god they "allowed" it to be a "misdiagnosis" and didn't Noncompliant-ize me)

this RX was even more evil than Effexor—any dose would be lights out upon taking, and groggy most of the time I was awake—but my experience with it was lucky, I was able to get off of it and did not have lasting side-effects to my knowledge. I think I was on this for 8 months before I got off

wellbutrin: almost no perceptible effect at all. just do real stimulants. go in on coke if you're offered

abilify: brief, filled maybe twice because it costs a million dollars

lamictal: I barely remember but I think this had an annoying side-effect and getting on it was also annoying in some way and then I got off it

Effexor was the one that I got on and stayed stuck on in order to not have Effexor withdrawals

I used to be on 225mg/day at highest, but some years ago (5?) I tapered down to 150mg/day, which thankfully went okay and did not feel like dying the way full withdrawals do

still, I am still on it. I have had many days of desperately trying to get prescriber and pharmacy to fill the stupid thing, fortunately usually just one withdrawal day at a time

if there is ever a supply chain issue, I will be fucked

I have figured out I am a trans woman and changed my actual circumstances

I am no longer beholden to my parents

I no longer believe in psychiatry

I can very slowly, carefully, very slowly taper down further, until one day my daily dose is 0mg/day

I can do it

*in retrospect, trying a new med would buy me a little time extension of sorts with them, because I was "taking responsible steps for my mental health". lmao!

[enby-licious]

My antidepressants talking to me:

[catfindr]

Prozac - (must be adopted with Effexor) is an adoptable Cat - Domestic Short Hair searching for a forever family near Walled Lake, MI. Use P

Effexor - (must be adopted w/Prozac) is an adoptable Cat - Domestic Short Hair searching for a forever family near Walled Lake, MI. Use Petf

[orb-expert]

Where my venlafaxine bitches at‼️ My brain zap buddies‼️ How did we get talked into taking a medication with “electric shocking sensation” listed in the side effects😩😩 I tried perishing and my doc said “we’ve tried most of the ssri’s,,, I’m gonna put you on what I call an ‘old school’ antidepressant” like ok thank you👍👍 I hate it

[heytheresunflower]

Couldnt figure out what to draw.

descided on my meds as happy little guys.

[cheezitofthevalley]

these blinkies go to therapy

or at least should

i can joke about this because I have all the mentioned illnesses and disorders and have tried three of these medications. hehe.