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[Petunia]

  It would be very helpful if you'd put your drug history in your signature (directions here: How To Add Your Drug History To Your Signature) and tell us more about yourself.

 

 

When did you start on this new medication and what dose are you on?

 

Reboxetine (Edronax) is not approved for use in the US.  Its actually not very effective as a medication, but as with all psychiatric medications, would need to be tapered when you stop taking it.

 

Here is a link with some information about it:

 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/5249-reboxetine-more-side-effects-but-no-antidepressant-benefit-at-all/?hl=reboxetine

[Nikki]

Hi Doref, they really should know but always seem to blame return of illness for withdrawal!  

My psychiatrist did tell me it was difficult to stop and would need tapering but didn't tell me HOW 

difficult or that it would take years rather than weeks. They all need educating! 

 

These drugs need a long slow taper to avoid the withdrawal nightmare. 

My take on it is that they believe it is a return to the symptoms that we were put on meds for.  Pharmacists believe that as well.  I had a pharmacist tell me he never had a patient/customer complain about getting off Paxil...

[JanCarol]

Hi Doref.  I am in Australia, and was put on Edronax / Reboxetine.  You can find more in my introduction.

 

Supposedly, SNRI's have "more tolerable side effect profile," however, Effexor is one, and it has one of the most wicked withdrawal effects of any of them.  Read any Effexor thread to see what you might be in for.  They are common here.

 

I am down to 75% of my Reboxetine, and am doing well, but I am fortunate, have never been over medicated, hospitalized or otherwise tortured in the name of "mental illness."

 

But I just wanted to write in here to let you know:  you are not alone.

 

Is Edronax the only drug you are on?  Please write about how you came to be medicated, and how you came to decide to try and get off?  The writing process is helpful, you learn a lot about yourself as you do it.  I will try and check in to learn about your journey, and please feel free to follow mine.

 

I do know this, Altostrata informed me of scandals regarding Edronax / Reboxetine, here:  http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2010/11/30/the-antidepressant-reboxetine-a-headdesk-moment-in-science/

 

I was shocked to read that, since I was led to believe by my psychiatrist that it was a "low profile" sort of medicine.  She did warn me that if I took too much, it could flip me into mania, so I was happy to stop at a 1/2 dose of just 4 mg, max.  I'm now on just 3, and debating whether to leave it there awhile, or try another decrease.

 

The more you participate, the more you will gain from this forum.  There are really incredible people in here.  Some of your questions, you may wish to research yourself.  There is a book by Robert Whitaker called "Mad In America" and another called "Anatomy of an Epidemic" which explain how the money is made from these drugs.  Some of it anyway.

 

Go well.

[Altostrata]

That link at Scientific American is broken, see http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/5249-reboxetine-more-side-effects-but-no-antidepressant-benefit-at-all/

[doref11]

you said that that Withdrawal Syndrome can takes a Months and Years. but:

in the Medical literature and Scientific documents Write that Withdrawal Syndrome Always ends After a few weeks and not after Months or Years. How do you explain this?

did the Medical Scientific dont Researcher about that

can tou give a Document that Proves your Claim?

[Altostrata]

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