# serious medication question (please no flaming) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 28, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902 "2009-04-28T08:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/21 "2009-04-28T09:38:18Z")
Effexor (read not XR) is generic. It’s the same thing as Effexor XR without the delivery system. If your doctor doesn’t have samples, just ask for a prescription for generic venlafaxine. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/22 "2009-04-28T09:38:20Z")
> [@ShiftDead](#): > > Personal experience and mind over matter. Read into anxiety cause and effect. > > perhaps I should have said “Odds are” Eh. I know about anxiety and anxiety meds. Discontinuation syndrome is real. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/23 "2009-04-28T09:40:37Z")
lol … fry he may not know your “background” ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/24 "2009-04-28T09:44:52Z")
ive got some of those pills you can have for free just come and pick em up. they may look a little diffrent though, bc theyre generic or they may be my gf’s non-active birth control pills for the week she has her period, and i want to see if this truly is just a placebo effect ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/25 "2009-04-28T09:46:58Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > lol … fry he may not know your “background” :word: I learned a lot during those two years I spent in rehab. EDIT: Don’t get me wrong though: Mind over matter can go a looong way towards making it through discontinuing an anxiety med. ---
**Author:** ![clinzee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clinzee/32/5233_2.png) [@clinzee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/clinzee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/26 "2009-04-28T09:49:12Z")
Why don’t you just buy enough to get through a day, wait till your insurance kicks in and then I would assume get your money back. They did this for me when I was waiting on my confirmation. I bought one at 12 dollars and they gave me two dollars back when I filled the whole script. It wasn’t whatever your talking about though. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/27 "2009-04-28T09:55:27Z")
If you’re on unemployment, why don’t you apply for Medicaid to bridge the gap until your other coverage kicks in? The stimulus plan has a provision that created a temporary new entitlement allowing all workers getting unemployment checks to qualify for Medicaid. ---
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/28 "2009-04-28T10:15:20Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > lol … fry he may not know your “background” LOL Justa4door you do not know mine, ok pumpkin? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/29 "2009-04-28T10:20:32Z")
Listen sweet tits, mine’s bigger. :eyebrow: 😛 Something tells me we’re all on the same page, but the interweb tends to polarize arguments. So yeah, if you actually want results: #1 - Call your doctor and/or pharmacist for a few pills to hold you over. #2 - Follow ShiftDead’s advice about taking your mind off it. #3 - Work with justa4door. This is the People’s Republic of New York. There are programs that will bridge your gap in insurance so you don’t have to put yourself through this. ---
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/30 "2009-04-28T10:24:00Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Listen sweet tits, mine’s bigger. :eyebrow: 😛 > > Something tells me we’re all on the same page, but the interweb tends to polarize arguments. > > So yeah, if you actually want results: > > #1 - Call your doctor and/or pharmacist for a few pills to hold you over. > #2 - Follow ShiftDead’s advice about taking your mind off it. > #3 - Work with justa4door. This is the People’s Republic of New York. There are programs that will bridge your gap in insurance so you don’t have to put yourself through this. /thread? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/31 "2009-04-28T10:25:03Z")
#4 - Make sure to vote against said social programs because they are a drain on society and only lazy, stupid people use them. The ones who are just motivated and smart enough to actually get them when they qualify, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/32 "2009-04-28T10:27:06Z")
Go to your local high school? :gotme: According to the news you can get just about anything there. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/33 "2009-04-28T10:53:36Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > #4 - Make sure to vote against said social programs because they are a drain on society and only lazy, stupid people use them. The ones who are just motivated and smart enough to actually get them when they qualify, anyway. :lol: ILISM!!! ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/34 "2009-04-28T11:28:48Z")
> [@ShiftDead](#): > > You are not going through withdrawal’s. Odds are that you are having an anxiety attack about your anxiety. Your nest bet is going to be changing your focus. Take deep breaths and hold them for 3-5 seconds and exhale slowly. Walk around SLOWLY while taking deep breaths. Go outside and get some fresh air. Stop thinking about your pills. Seeing as a panic attack often fuels itself by unintentionally focusing on the cause of the panic, it would be beneficial to divert your attention by focusing on something else…go watch some porn or something. Call your doctor…seriously; stop posting on here for medical advice… You do realize that Effexor has the worst withdrawl symptoms of any anti-depressant/anxiety medication, and it is worse than withdrawl from heroin, amphetamine, meth, anything. It works by acting on the seratonin levels in the brain and when you run out it completely throws your brain chemicals out of whack. it is not very pleasant. Ive had plenty of anxiety attacks before. they’ve never made me hallucinate, or given me such extreme vertigo that I cant stand up. it is not habbit forming, but you still go through wicked withdrawls from it. I got a 14 day script filled today thank god. But it cost me almost $100. So much for payin my car insurance this week lol. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/35 "2009-04-28T11:30:12Z")
:fail: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902/36 "2009-04-28T11:32:21Z")
You have received the advice you need. It’s up to you to act on it. /thread [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/serious-medication-question-please-no-flaming/66902.md?page=1)