Posted by Lorraine on February 21, 2001, at 22:18:20
In reply to Wednesday March 1st 2002 Last pill, posted by Sheli on February 21, 2001, at 21:38:16
I am wondering if it is a good idea to take a day or two off . Also I am wondering what to expect to see happen.
Some people go through a difficult withdrawal on Effexor. I did the last time I was on it--I counted grains to titrate down my dosage. Cam was kind enough to let me know the reason for the difficult withdrawal is that Effexor has such a short half life and one way of dealing with this is to take a small dose of Prozac (which has a long half life) to ease the transition as you are titrating down. This apparently makes the withdrawal easier. I did not do this when I withdrew and I found that I had some pretty bad days emotionally and felt sluggish. Unless you are able to augment with a longer half-life drug like Cam suggests, I would take some time off work to see how it goes for your self.
> Thankyou.
poster:Lorraine
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