Yesterday I have a migraine, it was so bad that I had to go to the ER for some help for it. Thankfully I had very young and understanding doctor. I explained that I was on effexor and had just startedit a few days ago and I understand that headaches could be a side affect. I got a couple of shots and she sent me home with a RX of Imatrex and told me to follow up with my doctor in a week.
I came home from the ER and once the headache started to relax I was about to sleep for 14 hours, then today I just had that drugged feeling. It took all I had in my to make my husband something to eat. Poor man ended up with baked tator tots and chicken patties. I felt so bad because I normally have big meals prepared for him when we are at home. I was only up for a few hours, went back to bed, and then woke up 1AM. I guess all the sleep has me all messed up sleep wise.
I slept so late that I could not go to the pharmacy and fill the script, but I plan to this morning. My husband said he is scared I am going to get flagged as a dope head with all the scripts I have to have filled in the past two months. I'm not concerned with that.
I was supposed to return to work on Monday but my truck was in the shop and we were offered a loaner, but the problem is, I had surgery on December 18th and had healing complication which took me off work longer and my short term disability is fighting my claim. I have not received a dime of income two months so I am eager to go to work. But the situation with the truck is a safety issue. If I take a truck that belongs to someone else I do not know what kind of germ factory I will be entering. For all I know that person who drives that truck can be nasty, they could not be in there right now because they are home sick with the flu, they could have staph, who knows what else and with me still having open wounds... It could make my situation worse. I do believe that my boss is a little upset with me, but to me it is a safety issue. My husband knew I was coming back this week so when he got out of the truck for the last time before I was due to come back he used clorox wipes on everything, and sprayed lysol and also used my steamer to make everything was sanitary for me. He does the same thing for me at home and the housekeep does in while I am gone so I come home to no germs. I have bad allergies so thats another reason I have to be in really clean places. I have to be very careful.
So I am feeling a little depressed and I do not know if my truck will ready today or not. Its just a call and see type thing. Which is another reason it was hard to make food because I did not know we were going to be home today so I did not defrost anything and did not feel like going to the store to get anything to cook either.
I can feel my moods and feelings changing on the effexor, and I want to keep trying. So I pray that the headaches stop so that I do not have to try something else.
Another thing.. I do not want to eat on the effexor. I hope that once I get used to it I will feel more like eating. My husband insists that I eat. I had problems eating before the effexor. A few years ago I would over eat, and gained a ton of weight. That was depression, I stressed... I ate....
Then I just got tired of being FAT, so in January 2011 I was determined to loose weight. And I DID. I changed my stress eating to more healthy choices and was on a diet plan. I lost over 50 pounds. And in the process ended up with loose skin which I had removed and had some lipo done in September. I have since lost 14 more pounds. Not from the lipo, there was not much fat to take, but I did it so that fat could not come back in the belly region. The pounds I have lost since I believe are due to the surgery I just had. I have been living off those small cups of apple sauce, a lot of vitamins, eggs and peanut butter. And I have to force myself to do that.
Did anyone else have problems eating too little when first starting effexor?
