Posted by Oddzilla on August 10, 2000, at 19:36:53
In reply to Effexor - some positive words about withdrawl!, posted by JulieK on August 10, 2000, at 15:43:55
Julie Thanks for posting that. I had never even thought of using the regular effexor for the last taper. It's very reassuring.
Oddzilla >
Just to let everyone know of some positive feedback regarding Effexor and the withdrawl effects. I was previously
> taking 150 mg a day. Along with 150 of Wellbutrin. I have slowly reduced my MG's over the past 2 months. I went
> from the 150 to 75 for about 2 weeks to 37.5 for about 3 weeks. Then I took the 25mg of regular Effexor (not SR)
> The regular is in a tablet form that you can cut. After about 2 weeks on the 25 I cut the tablet in half, taking the 12.5
> for about 1 week. Now I have cut the 12.5 portion in half. Did that for 1 week. If you can believe it I have actually
> cut the 1/4 tablet into little pieces. That is where I am now. I have felt a little blah in the morning the day after the
> decrease but I feel like this was a major breakthrough for me in getting off this medication. I think Effexor has done
> a great job for my depression and if we and our doctors understand how to come off of this drug maybe we won't
> all be freaked out about it. Hope this helps. JulieK
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