Posted by Lisa Yocum on June 2, 1999, at 12:55:45
In reply to Effexor, posted by Lisa Frey on June 2, 1999, at 9:34:10
> I take 75mg of Effexor BID for 2 years, every time I try to stop taking it I have horrible, horrible dreams, hallucinations, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, even though I taper off my dosage over 2 weeks. Any suggestions?
I've been taking prozac for six years. I decided, with the approval from my psychiatrist, to make a go of it without an antidepressant. That was around Christmas. By late March we decided I should resume taking an antidepressant. We both thought effexor would be a good possibility. For the past two months I have been okay on the effexor accept for extreme constipation. My refill expired (he gave me a two month trial). I've talked to him on the phone, and I've got an appointment scheduled with him tomorrow. But I quit taking the 150mg. of effexor ten or eleven days ago, and I am having some horrible withdrawls. I just want to know if you have heard from anyone else about this. I am a recovering alcoholic and have not had a drink in 5 1/2 yrs. But I don't remember ever having a hangover that felt this awful even after some of my largest drinking episodes. I don't think I have been this physically, emotionally, and mentally debilated EVER. My hope is that I can get back on the prozac and be fine. But it dawned on me this morning that I might be like this for a long time. Do you have any idea when this will go away?
poster:Lisa Yocum
thread:6937
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