…Thank goodness about 18mos ago, I went to the Dr for extreme fatigue, she didn't know what was going on, after doing all the blood wk, ask me if I was depressed, I said "no", as I didn't feel like it. She put me on effexor and I started getting my energy back and feeling like I should be. In the meantime I ran across a book "Healing Anxiety & Depression" by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. What I think I had was anxiety with a little depression and effexor @ 75mg works great for me. I highly recommend reading it, if you are an "A" type personalty or depressed.

I do put mineral water in a wine glass now, of course w/ice cubes, as I am so use to carrying it around w/me, so that helps. The B vitamins should help some on the anxiety, just start researching, that is what I have had to do these last fews yrs, as the Drs just don't have all the answers, anyway the ones I want to hear!!

Follow up post

[Taking Effexor] was a concern for me when I had to start taking Topamax on my own, so I started my own research on taking both at the same time. I do think the Dr's put us on too high of a dose tho, when a smaller one will work just as well. I am very pleased taking both. It has been a long time, since I have felt this good!! If your bloodwork and everything else checks out fine, try effexor. Did he give you topamax? I know the feeling of dragging home and can't get up hardly to make dinner, that went on for a good 4 or 5 yrs, for me. but Dr Amen's book was an eye opener for me, as I did not want to take drugs for depression or anxiety, but now I am sanging a different tune about that. Then I knew Roberta's book was another eye opener for me and God sent! I can not stress enough to people, don't give up and feel crappy, just because the Drs don't have the answers, search, search, search.

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Nans