~ma for the Reasons.

WS, is she near East Tennessee State? There's a Dr. Kerry Holland (female) there who specializes in women's and GLBT issues. I can send you contact info if you want it.

Steph, you know that when you post "no craigslist links please" it tempts me to respond to your non-work irritation posts with thematically consistent craigslists post. I'm not as good at CL as Tom is. He could make it funnier than I would.

WS, I missed your post - and of course I have no info whatsoever to contribute, but I wish your friend well.

I think that it's understood that you don't find it funny when people post Craig's List ads. I hate that you don't feel comfortable bitching about work, because the Board is such an outlet when the work craxy threatens.

I really should have just stated clearly in the past that I don't feel comfortable with the Craigslist ads. It makes me feel like my "irritation posts" aren't taken seriously. And when no one else's posts are replied to with Craigslist ads, it REALLY makes me feel like my "irritation posts" are total petty whining bullshit compared to every single other person's posts about their problems.

I am too conflict avoidy, so I own my lack of responsibility in not saying this as clearly as possible, sooner than this.

The main overall caveat about Effexor is that you should go off it slowly. It seems to be one of those drugs that people either love or hate.

For what its worth, I went off it as slowly as humanly possible and still was quite ill. Being on it had been great but I'll never go on it again.

I'm never fully comfortable with these conversations -- the range of what happens to a given individual on a given drug varies so widely that I don't think too much weight can be given to what individuals have to say about it.

I think we have the sense to treat what any individual says as only one data point. It's valuable to get opinions here because we are generally more self-analytic and more likely to have done a lot of research.

I get that, which is why I go ahead and give my experiences with the drug. I just feel that the disclaimer is important because its not "effexor makes a person gain weight" its "effexor made THIS INDIVIDUAL gain weight." (lose their libido, perpetually thirsty, etc.)

It's certainly useful to the extent where when something goes wrong with Tramadol you learn it has happened to other people. Or if you go on Tramadol you know to keep an eye out for a particularly problem. But if someome's sole reason for not taking Tramadol is that it made Erin nuts that's not necessarily a good enough reason.

Which, like I said, never fully comfortable -- so I procede with caution.

It's certainly useful to the extent where when something goes wrong with Tramadol you learn it has happened to other people. Or if you go on Tramadol you know to keep an eye out for a particularly problem. But if someome's sole reason for not taking Tramadol is that it made Erin nuts that's not necessarily a good enough reason.

Trazadone made me crazy. Er.

I know that hearing about other people's experiences helps me to deliberate on and assess my responses to drugs more carefully. With the trazadone -- I still TOOK it, but I was not surprised I had the reaction I did, and was able to give it 4 days and say "No, this drug is not one I want to put in my body. There is no benefit opposed to the cost."

It's bright out with the sun on the 8 freaking inches of snow we got. I will have to plow out a path to get to the door and to the trash later.

And straighten my office. Ugh.

I am too conflict avoidy, so I own my lack of responsibility in not saying this as clearly as possible, sooner than this.

Eh, live and learn. So, now we know. Feel free to bitch about work. And I will cut anyone who posts an ad afterwards.