I am sorry you are suffering as you go off Effexor.  May I ask why you do not see a psychiatrist for your psych meds?  I trust a psychiatrist much more than a family doc with this stuff.
 

I know this may not be the best place to search for information but I am desperate & figured it was worth a shot.
I have been taking Effexor for depression since I had a miscarriage four years ago.  I have always suffered from depression, mainly because of my obesity but this loss pushed me over the edge.  Anyway, I recently decided that I wanted to change my pill because EFFEXOR was causing me to have a very low sex drive & inability to have an ****** (very important aspects of my life - especially now since I have lost over 100 pounds!).  So my family doctor took me off of Effexor & put me on Remerol.  It has been three days since I stoppped the Effexor & started the Remerol & I feel like complete ****  I am dizzy & nausous & my tounge feels like its too big for my mouth.  All I want to do is sleep & cry.  I know that Effexor has horrible withdrawal symptoms but I never thougth it would be this bad.  Has anyone went through this before?  Do you know how long these horrible side effects last?  Is anyone on here taking Remerol & know anything about it????  I have now decided to stop taking the Remeron & take only Welbutrin (as its in a totally different class than both of these!!****il I can see my doctor after the New Year. 
Right now I feel lost & hopeless.  I haven't felt like this in years, especially since my weight loss surgery & feeling so amaznig with loosing weight. 
So if anyone has anything to help I would GREATLY appreciate it.
Lost & afraid in Canada....
M

I am deff going to get a 2ed opinion!  :-)  Thanks for the advise!!!  :-)

I actually had an appt with Dr Barnes yesterday,a nd after talking with her, she stated that  I don't have to have my psyc visit for my insurance, so it doesn't really matter what the "shrink" thought, cause I really didn't need it!  :-)  But I still going to get a 2ed optinion just to get a few things straightened out!!!

Thanks for replying! 

12/23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY

How can I tell if I have had a spiritual awakening?  For many of us in The Program, a spiritual awakening manifests itself in simple rather than complicated evidences: emotional maturity; an end to constant and soul-churning resentments; the ability to love and be loved in return; the belief, even without understanding, that something lets the sun rise and set, brings forth and ends life, and gives joy to human hearts.  AM I NOW ABLE TO DO, FEEL AND BELIEVE THAT WHICH I COULD NOT PREVIOUSLY DO THROUGH MY OWN UNAIDED STRENGTH AND RESOURCES ALONE?

TODAY I PRAY

May my spiritual confidence begin to spread over my attitudes towards others -- especially during holiday times, when anticipations and anxieties are high.  As an addictive person, I have not handled holidays well -- greeting those who gather at home, missing those who are not here.  I pray for serenity to cope with the holiday brew of emotions.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER

Spirit without "spirits."  Cheer without "cheer."

12/22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY

Through our own experience and the experiences of others in The Program, we see that a spiritual awakening is in reality a gift -- a gift which in essence is  a new state of consciousness and being.  It means that I'm now on a road which really leads somewhere; it means that life is really worth living, rather than something to be endured.  It means that I have been transformed in the sense that I have undergone a basic personality change -- and that I possess a source of strength which I had so long denied myself.  DO I BELIEVE THAT NONE COME TOO SOON TO THE PROGRAM -- AND THAT NONE RETURN TOO LATE?

TODAY I PRAY

I pray that I may attain that state of consciousness which transcends my everyday reality -- but is also a part of it.  May I no longer question the existence of God because I have touched His Being.  For us who are recovering from addictions, the words reborn in the Spirit have a special, precious meaning.  May I be wholly grateful to a Higher Power for leading me to a spiritual rebirth.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER

Renaissance through my Higher Power