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Am so confused !! Can u survive without ADS ? How bad will PND be then ???!!! HELP

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piscesgirl · 08/04/2007 22:06

So hard to put down in writing the questions I am trying to ask. Keep deleting what I write & starting again! Am gonna try & keep it short & sweet. For last 6 weeks have been down to 37.5mg of venlofaxine as want to wean off. Been getting bad electric shocks in my head every night but apart from that emotionally have been ok. Until this week ... have had period & have felt so bad ... awful mood swings ...really tearful ... depressed ... no patience with children.... really moody with DP ... really low self esteem. Am worried that this is the PND back but am so confused is it just my period. Normally all that comes before my period & not during. Should I up my dose of ads back to 75mg when another part of me just wants to stop taking them right now. Am so confused I just dont want to be on these bloody tablets any more but I dont want to get really bad again like I was last year. I just want to be me again and feel like noone understands.
Had in laws round today & DP had told them that I have been feeling bad again. Feel like they all just think I am a bloody loonie! When is this all gonna end. I just want to be normal mummy not mean psycho mummy. AAAAGH
Not short & sweet then as planned !!!!! Anyone out there who has been brave enough to stop ads and been ok please reasure me. Anyone out there who has pnd and not on ads please reasure me I will be ok xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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mummytosteven · 08/04/2007 22:09

Never been on Ven, but am aware that it can be a very hard one to withdraw from. I would speak to your GP about how you are feeling. IMHO the mood swings etc could be part of the withdrawal, so maybe better to withdraw more slowly.

piscesgirl · 08/04/2007 22:20

Thanks MT7. Yes will go see my gp this week. Am being totally thick here but what does IMHO mean ???!!!

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lulumama · 08/04/2007 22:23

in my humble opinion

took me two months to come off venlaflaxine

and it was a hard slog

but worth it,

i was ready to come off them though,, if you feel you are not, then stay on them, nothing to lose

mummytosteven · 08/04/2007 22:24

IMHO = in my humble opinion.

piscesgirl · 08/04/2007 22:51

Thanks for that MT7 and lulu !!!! Just want to say what you mean by it was worth it lulumama - do you mean that once off the tabs you felt different ?

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lulumama · 08/04/2007 22:53

what i mean is, i felt better on them , but kne w i was no longer depressed, coming off them was hard, took 2 months and there were some days i felt very ill..but once i was off them, and settled, i have been well ever since

BTW..if i don;t reply, it is because i have gone to bed !

piscesgirl · 08/04/2007 22:57

I am off to bed too. Thanks for all the replies xx

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