So my GP wouldn’t take me off the venlafaxine. She remembered the severely depressed me and didn’t want to be the one to send me back to that sort of hell. Instead, I’ve been given picolax; a laxative given to patients before downstairs surgery to “wash them out”. I doubt I’m going to sleep tonight, my stomach is already trying to crawl out of my belly button.
In the mean time, I need to try and get an earlier appointment with my psychiatrist to sort the things out. I can’t go on with the venlafaxine, end of. I’m just upset that after finding my miracle drug, it decides that it doesn’t actually want to be my miracle. Such is life. I’ll be back on the searching market soon, no doubt bawling my eyes out at the injustice of it all.
I don’t want to get that ill again. It’s not been a long time since I was trying to hang myself. Yes I’m not eating. Perhaps you could argue that I’m ill in that respect but I’m not suicidal. That’s something I was unable to say for years and they’re going to have to take that away from me if I ever want to go to the loo normally again. Some would probably argue that constipation is worth the lack of suicidal thoughts but as my stomach balloons, the more miserable, uncomfortable and sick I get. It’s making me ill in its own horrible little way by employing a different governor of Emma life.
I don’t need another controller.
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Maybe ask about duloxetine? It’s an SNRI like venlafaxine but that particular side effect isn’t listed.. It does say weight gain or loss though so I dunno if that would make things worse. I’ve put on the weight I lost since I started paroxetine
Nick is right. Duloxetine would be the next point of call if you can’t cope with the Venlafaxine anymore. It really is a shame that you are going to have to forfeit improved mood for improved digestion, but I can see why. It’s been going on too long and the amount of laxatives you’ve been needing can’t be good for you. I hope this one works!
Take care xx
I was going to suggest duloxetine, and it was completely weight neutral for me, I just stayed exactly the same weight.
Or reboxetine could be another idea, I gained weight whilst taking it but I think that was down to olanzapine rather than duloxetine.
*Hugs*
Hope you get it all sorted soon,
xx
(((hugs))) Em I hope something gets sorted for you soon x