Donna, sorry to see you've been going through a rough time, but remember these things come in peaks and troughs and you will feel better.
I am on Effexor 75mg, I am supposed to take one in the morning and one in the evening, however I have been getting along with just one in the morning fine for a good while. I've been on anti-depressants since I was around 17 years old (I'm 27 now) I started off on Seroxat but then was switched to Prozac, which just completely destroyed me for about 5 years, i was very ill, was a self harmer quite badly (which I haven't done for about 4 years now) the switch from Seroxat to Prozac was a killer, and how I survived it I don't know looking back, I guess having Doris saved me (doris is my retired cat now if you remember my othe posts) because I loved her so much. This was before I met my boyfriend Kevin who I met at about the age of 21 on the internet believe it or not!
I've been on effexor for about 5 years now and I've been okay with it, I seem to be improving though still have an off day every now and then, probably about once a week where I feel very depressed. Though changes in my life have contributed to my being better, having a great man to take care of me, living with him and Jack & sunny who I adore and enrich my life so much.
Luckily over here (in the UK, I'm welsh and we have a national assembly which has some power) we have the National Health Service so there is no charge to see a doctor, I recently changed my doctors though as the other ones were useless concerning my problems. The new ones are okay though.
I have to pay for Prescriptions cause my boyfriend works and as we live together I count as having an income aswell (even though I dont work) under him so I have to pay. It's £3.00 in Wales (which was set by the welsh assembly recently) per prescription, which I think is about $5.50ish is it?
Do you pay for prescriptions as well as your consultation fee? or do you have medical insurance that covers going back and forth to the doctors?
Well donna, hope you feel better soon and I'm sure you will, every time you feel sad cuddle your cats, that's what I always do and it makes me feel so safe and much better knowing I love them and they love me.
You can always PM me or email me if you wanna chat at [email protected]'d be nice to get to know people with similar interests, problems, personalities etc from Pet Talk, as I really only have one best friend and that's my boyfriend, no internet buddies or anything.
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