Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

Thank you BTDS canada...Yeah, I have done lots of browsing and checking and think I have my regime sorted but if I struggle, I will just keep trying..I have checked the threads many thank you's..I am just buzzing today that despite having to take one of the EVIL things last night, I have had my first zap free day in 6 weeks so I am happy..I have to count every grain anyway because I have to split the 75MG capsule into 2 so my grains are not just being pulled out, they are being halved first and then removed..Tedious but I don't care..I will do anything..counting tiny dots eh?? Gotta laugh, what else can we do xx

Any profession that thinks putting people on drugs that can do what E does is the answer to the type of problems that people are being put on them for needs locked up for the publics protection

Before taking Effexor I was a loving mother of two young children in a happy marriage. 9 years ago I suffered from post-partum depression and was prescribed Effexor. Using Effexor created a loss of feelings and memory loss, lack of mental acuity and increased sex drive resulting in bizarre behavior bordering on criminal. I over compensated the effects of the drug with alcohol abuse. As a result, I ruined my marriage by outlandish sexual behavior, lost my job, lost primary custody of my children and lost the love and support of family and friends. I weened off the drug by lowering the dosage to 37.5 mg daily and then taking apart the capsules and lowering the number of beads per day. Ignoring the side effects I continued this regime until I was off the drug completely. I thought of this idea myself, my doctor did not condone this idea, but I did it anyway and it worked - this was two years ago. Although these symptoms have decreased slowly over the past two years I continue to suffer from insomnia, tics, dizziness, nightmares, feelings of "electrocution" in my brain, headaches, memory loss, bad temper and loss of mental acuity. I continue to suffer from flashbacks from the things I did while on Effexor, but refuse to take another anti-depressant. I no longer feel the need to drink alcohol and have a normal sexual libido. Message to everyone who reads this, I'm so glad I am no longer taking this drug. Every day is struggle just to go on, but I am working on rebuilding my life and it is slowly getting better. Ween yourself off like I did, it was hard, but it worked and I'm so thankful it did.

Becky2012 wrote:

Before taking Effexor I was a loving mother of two young children in a happy marriage. 9 years ago I suffered from post-partum depression and was prescribed Effexor. Using Effexor created a loss of feelings and memory loss, lack of mental acuity and increased sex drive resulting in bizarre behavior bordering on criminal. I over compensated the effects of the drug with alcohol abuse. As a result, I ruined my marriage by outlandish sexual behavior, lost my job, lost primary custody of my children and lost the love and support of family and friends. I weened off the drug by lowering the dosage to 37.5 mg daily and then taking apart the capsules and lowering the number of beads per day. Ignoring the side effects I continued this regime until I was off the drug completely. I thought of this idea myself, my doctor did not condone this idea, but I did it anyway and it worked - this was two years ago. Although these symptoms have decreased slowly over the past two years I continue to suffer from insomnia, tics, dizziness, nightmares, feelings of "electrocution" in my brain, headaches, memory loss, bad temper and loss of mental acuity. I continue to suffer from flashbacks from the things I did while on Effexor, but refuse to take another anti-depressant. I no longer feel the need to drink alcohol and have a normal sexual libido. Message to everyone who reads this, I'm so glad I am no longer taking this drug. Every day is struggle just to go on, but I am working on rebuilding my life and it is slowly getting better. Ween yourself off like I did, it was hard, but it worked and I'm so thankful it did.

You will find many like stories at a thread on here called marriages destroyed by ssri search it in the box below... btw every thing you say is normal on this drug including the flash backs. I have had them too.

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Dead right...this drug is EVIL...I mean, my doctor worries how many diazepam I get...because of addiction et and blame on the medical profession..I PROMISE I am not letting this go..I am a ratinal person bar my psychologial issues..and this drug has turned me into a junkie..desperate for my next fix and crippled if I dont take the smallest of doses..I am this minute emailing papers in my region..this evil thing needs to be recognised and understood and the manufacturer's put out of business..(or put on 300mg for 6 months and left to their own devices!!!) If I don't laugh..I cry so humour is the way for me..or go under!!

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Kennedy wrote:

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Judy - I forgot to mention that for the dizziness I felt while weaning off I took motion sickness pills and they worked great! I bought the CareOne brand 50mg. tablet that my grocery store sells. It's the same thing as Dramamine but cost less. They do make you a little drowsy. There were only 12 in the box and I didn't even need to use them all.

Good advice! I quit totally in December. I tapered, but not too slowly. My advice is,***don't taper too slowly, because it will prolong your misery. From what I can tell, it doesn't make your final days of the smallest dose or first few no-drug-days a whole lot easier than cold turkey. The first day of none will be bad no matter what. Remember you won't die, you may hate life but it will go away after about 4-6 days! Take Unisom, benadryl, take it easy, sleep if you can and you can do it!! Best advice, DO NOT start in the first place! My doc gave for hot flashes + depression. I will take hotflashes, thank you. This drug is STILL being prescribed?!?!

anne wrote:

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Good advice! I quit totally in December. I tapered, but not too slowly. My advice is,***don't taper too slowly, because it will prolong your misery. From what I can tell, it doesn't make your final days of the smallest dose or first few no-drug-days a whole lot easier than cold turkey. The first day of none will be bad no matter what. Remember you won't die, you may hate life but it will go away after about 4-6 days! Take Unisom, benadryl, take it easy, sleep if you can and you can do it!! Best advice, DO NOT start in the first place! My doc gave for hot flashes + depression. I will take hotflashes, thank you. This drug is STILL being prescribed?!?!

Withdrawal will not stop in days it often takes 6wks or more to hit think about it when you started they told you it could take a month to six wks to feel the effects .... it is built up in your system it will start coming our in that time frame depending your metabolism. some people it is a bit shorter or longer. withdrawal hit me 6 wks after I went cold turkey yes I had a few brain zaps and felt off mood issues ect but real get to bed your sick withdrawal did not hit till I was six wks without a pill.
Please do a very slow taper read these two threads
reasons to taper slowly
and
effexor taper schedule

It costs to do a bad taper it is not a free attempt every attempt that fails costs in suffering and loss of courage and confindence that it can be done do it the right way the first time and better you chances. I am afraid for people who attmept and fail that they will stay on E for too long or be put on drug after drug never to get off I have watched a lot of that and it is a huge waste of life. read those threads

Wow! I definately feel better now that i know i'm not alone in the hell that this drug has brought me!!! I have been on effexor xr for approximately ten years and i can definately relate to the withdrawl stories! I also was diagnosed with a aortic aneuyrism that i believe is caused by effexor!!! I'm walking around with a time bomb in my chest so i decide to go off effexor and i cant simply because i cant deal with the damn withdrawl and i have tried everything only to feel in a fog, with moodswings so severe it scares my children and feeling of being shocked with electricity and that twitching like almost comperable to what an epileptic would do (its ridiculous) I'm also dealing with the fact that my heart surgeon knows i'm on this med and has never once brought up the fact that it can be at fault for all of this!!! My PCP also!! I'm not a paranoid person but it's starting to feel like a giant conspiracy, that is why i started researching lawsuits!!! Nowhere in the literature that you get does it warn against these horendous withdrawls or that there would be a chance that later in life i would have to have open heart surgery to prevent this thing from rupturing that results in a very painful yet quick death!!!!!

melissa wrote:

Wow! I definately feel better now that i know i'm not alone in the hell that this drug has brought me!!! I have been on effexor xr for approximately ten years and i can definately relate to the withdrawl stories! I also was diagnosed with a aortic aneuyrism that i believe is caused by effexor!!! I'm walking around with a time bomb in my chest so i decide to go off effexor and i cant simply because i cant deal with the damn withdrawl and i have tried everything only to feel in a fog, with moodswings so severe it scares my children and feeling of being shocked with electricity and that twitching like almost comperable to what an epileptic would do (its ridiculous) I'm also dealing with the fact that my heart surgeon knows i'm on this med and has never once brought up the fact that it can be at fault for all of this!!! My PCP also!! I'm not a paranoid person but it's starting to feel like a giant conspiracy, that is why i started researching lawsuits!!! Nowhere in the literature that you get does it warn against these horendous withdrawls or that there would be a chance that later in life i would have to have open heart surgery to prevent this thing from rupturing that results in a very painful yet quick death!!!!!

I suggest you talk to Laurie York at paxilprogress.org she is a nurse and runs that site. Her husband was on effexor and had heart issues she may have some advice for you. Good luck.

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btd wrote:

Love this video
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Hi - what is the content of the video? I clicked on the link and it says it is no longer available. Thanks.

Horrable withdrawles! No one ever told me how hard it was to stop taking. Missed many days of work. I hemoraged bad and all nost died if I went through with obgyn scheduling DNC. Platelets would not clott blood. Felt horable all the time on it. Blead for six weeks straight. I had to get off but couldnt. I finally went to dr and had them write lower dose untill I weened off. Still withdrawls were horable. Mybabytrey@gmail.com

btds wrote:

Love this video
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Your links do not work, at least they didn't for me. Just FYI

I am so glad to see your thoughtful comments
I agree with so much of what I have read
We need an individual with the will, gumption and time to spearhead a lawsuit, also for profit should not be allowed to benefit from the suffering of those they have "hepled"

I understand there is a case focused on birth defects,maybe if it is successful we can follow the momentum it creates

A little about me: I have taken Effexor XR for over 10 years
It was very helpful in the beginning, I have tried to discontinue use twice unsuccessfully but I believe I will succeed with help from Anti Depressant Solution, and supplement help i.e.
omega 3's, nutrition etc....

The thing that concerns me the most is I've been experiencing a gradual increase in "brain Fog" or blankness in my normal thinking. I had an incident one of the times I tried to cut down my dosage, when I recovered from what seemed an extreme relapse into depression my mind went very quiet. It was tranquil and kind of nice but my mind has remained pretty quiet sense then. I have not talked about this to many people, I suppose- worry about being stigmatized. In my last job I had great difficulty retaining any training, new skills. I had to be taught over and over and take down notes in order to remember. I am currently in school and do very well because of my work ethic, but am worried if I will fit into the conventional job market after I graduate. I am a pretty upbeat person, I believe being happy is a choice we make in life. Everyone has challenges. But I do believe in taking a stand when individual human beings are hurt by multimillion dollar corporations.
Thanks for a place to speak my mind!

Deb Kaelin wrote:

All of the emails sent to Oprah go through a whole team of editors and people who are hired just to find the good stuff that gets emailed. Oprah will not receive your email right into her own email box but rather the shows.
So Tina don't worry about interupting her vacation. Maybe if she gets an email from Austrailia one of her producer will alert her. Make sure you include every possible way to bet contacted.
Good Luck,
Deb

Deb Kaelin wrote:

All of the emails sent to Oprah go through a whole team of editors and people who are hired just to find the good stuff that gets emailed. Oprah will not receive your email right into her own email box but rather the shows.
So Tina don't worry about interupting her vacation. Maybe if she gets an email from Austrailia one of her producer will alert her. Make sure you include every possible way to bet contacted.
Good Luck,
Deb

Hi I tried to reply to your post with kudos for pro active ideas
hope we can get this moving

I'm in, I had 3 strokes while taking effexor than was taken off by Doctors they told me effexor causes blood clots and that was what probably what caused the strokes, so please contact me and tell me what I need to do to help.
Ava919@aol.com

I was started on this medicine when I was 21 years old to appease my family. I was down because I was going through a break up with a girl I truly loved (and actually was the last time I felt like I was in love). This was 14 years ago. I tried multiple times to go off of it (through the doctors prescribed weening) and every time it would take me lower than I ever felt before I started taking it. During the longest timespan without it, I used to just lie in my bed with no motivation whatsoever and try and think of the easiest way to off myself. I can't explain the depths of hell that this drug takes you to in words as I never had thoughts like this prior to taking this drug. I wanted to serve my country and the recruiter told me they could work around it. After 6 months of testing for the Air Force as an officer, I passed everyhting they asked me to but was denied entry because I take this medicine. I wish I would have never started it because I feel like I am dependent and everytime I go off , it is the same thing...lethargy, no motivation, don't care to do anything, feel worthlees because you have no interest in doing anything, suicidal thoughts, etc....it is a scary place to be when you withdrawl from this drug and I am still on it. I figure I will need to have a good amount of time off if I am to ever go off of it...I work in a psychaitric facility and every nurse I know states this is the worst of the orst to go off of...I am definiely in with this lawsuit.

Kennedy wrote:

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Hi - what is the content of the video? I clicked on the link and it says it is no longer available. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch...
try this
if it does not work
utube cymbalta hurts
same things all go for Effexor
neat video