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What has been your experience with efexor? Ive lost my will to live knowing I infected a handful of good souls, which has prompted my doctor to put me on Effexor. He made it clear its pretty powerful but I dont know anything about these western medications. What has been your experience, good or bad?
@A myHIVteam Member Happy Saturday Night! Its worth a shot at least. Im not sure about blunted emotions as much as confronted emotions. Ive always tried to integrate my emotions and feel them… read more
Ive never done psych meds before but after my hiv diagnosis Ive decided to give it a go and try efexor, which just numbed me instead of heal me, and also oxycarbazepine, which instead of making me calm and collected, put me in a state of suicidal ideation/ anger/ rage/lashing out1 the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do. Im thinking about going down the road of just taking my anitiviral and thats it- I guess my broader question is have antidepressants really helped heal you or have… read more
Pepe I have had pretty good luck with paroxetine ( paxil). After going through a bunch of antidepressants paroxetine was the one that worked for me.
Just curious..... Do any of you take antidepressants in addition to your HIV meds? If so are there any additional side effects??
I was prescribed them 13 years after contracting HIV As a result of the issues I faced following TB meningitis. Since this illness I’ve found that I’m far more emotionally susceptible and the… read more
My HIV specialist put me on a dose of sertraline and I am just curious about what to expect , as I dont usually use antidepressants. In my case I have severe cptsd & social anxiety that ive already been addressing , but feel hopeful this might help me out more.
@A myHIVteam Member. Build from the ground up!
Dealing with depression is really hard. I pray about it, plus I like being around family especially one of my boys cause he keeps me laughing. But with my mom just passing I really hv to pray about… read more
there was a study going on in Europe where they put people on a 4-day regimen 3 days off and it was just as effective as if you took your medication everyday. Have you ask your doctor about this?
Xavier I'm really happy that it is going well for you it just makes me feel like one day we all may be able to have less of the medicine in our bodies and still have an undetectable outcome so I thank… read more
