Venlafaxine day 1-I did it!!

[Pipkin]

Evening Kitti,

How are you tonight?

Pip xx

[kittikat]

Hi Pip,

Doing ok thanks....feels a bit like everything is going in slow motion, but maybe thats just me ha ha! Slightly 'spaced' but yes...ok

I hope you are feeling better tonight. Have a restful weekend, no more coffee lol...stick to the wine!!

Thanks for thinking of me, Kitti xx

[Pipkin]

Hi Kitti,

Glad you're ok. I feel fine thanks - much better after a nap early though I woke up with what felt like a hangover!

Just a couple of glasses of wine tonight hence me still being awake though I am off to bed now. Definitely no more coffee, ever!

Hope you sleep ok tonight.

Pip x

[kittikat]

Oh dear....headache, nausea, palps, anxiety up, dizzy and shaking.....I look in the mirror and these damn owl eyes stare back at me....can't seem to focus or concentrate today....feel very spaced out. I'm sure it will pass.

On the plus side, I slept well and the 1mg reduction in diaz doesn't seem to have had any adverse effects....I'm hanging on in there, it's only day 5, and the CBT has definitely helped me to manage most of the physical symptoms

[spawn]

hey kitti, glad ur hanging on in there!
it seems my SE have died down abit now, although im light headed all the time, but i dont think thats related to the Ven? ive just got back from acupuncture and now have a headache!! ive not eaten since breakfast so thats maybe why?
i was awake at 5 this morning and couldnt get back to sleep :( and aswell as not eating theres no wonder ive got no energy!
Ive only had 2mg of diaz today, felt abit on edge this morning with things going over and over in my head.

your doing well, i know its not nice with all the SE's going on! i nearly gave up a few days ago.
Gav.x

[nicola1980]

Your both doing really well like you kitti i only started off on 37.5mg and i dread to think how id have been starting on 75mg xx

[spawn]

I did wonder why my gp put me on 75mg and not 37.5mg as a starting dose?

[kittikat]

Well docs went ok...staying on 37.5mg for now, getting more used to the SE's and doc says all normal & will pass in time. I go back to see him again in 2 weeks, still signed off work....

Feeling a little shakey & spaced out but all manageable....very optimistic that this drug could actually help me

[Pipkin]

Kitti,

Well done, you're doing so well and you're past the worse now. You know exactly what to expect and you can easily deal with it, even when you increase to 75mg.

I'm so pleased for you as I know how hard it was to take that first tablet. As I said before, that was probably your biggest challenge!

Take care

Pip

[kittikat]

Thank you Pip, appreciate your support as ever Kitti x