I've officially been completely EF (Effexor-Free) for ten days now.

And I am

STILL.
HEARING.
LIGHTSABERS.

When I move my eyes side-to-side without moving my head, I "hear" the buzzing sound of a lightsaber. (from Star Wars)  For those of you losers not familiar with the sound a lightsaber makes, luckily you can watch this:

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Place your bets!  There's still a chance I might actually jump off the roof!

Turns out that Effexor withdrawal is the longest fucking nightmare of my LIFE.  I tried to explain it to my husband, but it even sounded crazy to me when I said I am hearing lightsabers.  So I did a little research.

Here's a quote from someone also withdrawing from Effexor:

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Anytime I have a doctor's appointment and I have to bring Ethan with me, the doctor is so enamored by him that I swear I could ask for free samples of cocaine and he'd gleefully hand me neatly tied baggies filled with addictive white powder ( Read more... )

So either all of you were sitting at your computers scratching your head  when I posted the "Rehab" video, or NOYGAS.*  Heh.  Kidding.

"They tried to make me go to rehab
I said No, No, No
He tried to make me go to rehab
But I won't Go, Go, Go"

Translation: I'm back on the meds.

Weaning? EPIC FAIL.

Last Friday I had lost......ohhhhhhh......I'm gonna say 92 ( Read more... )

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Med switch in progress...

Stay tuned for return of brain function.

Zap! ZZZZZZ! Zap!

Pain notwithstanding, I drove all the way down to Baltimore Friday afternoon to see Live.  The drive down was mildly trafficky, which never fails to annoy me.  I had Tom-tom along to tell me exactly how much much time was being lost while I was doing NOTHING BUT SITTING STILL.  And also he tells me where to go.  Actually, Tom-tom and my husband ( Read more... )

I decided to do a little research about one of the medications shrinky-dink prescribed for my insomnia, and was literally stunned when I read this excerpt:
Temazepam first came into use in the 1960's, but it was not until 1969 that its usefulness to counter insomnia was realized, and by the year 1981, the Food and Drug Administration approved ( Read more... )

Last night I had a full-blown panic attack, just like the old days.  Ahh, the memories.

I woke up around 1:30 am and felt a little nauseated.  I drifted back off to sleepland and then jolted myself back awake with one thought in my head "Oh no!"   The feeling was so familiar and so horrifying.  I jumped out of bed and proceeded to panic.  I am sure ( Read more... )