Posted by Justineb on March 24, 2001, at 19:57:42
In reply to 7 WEEKS--EFFEXOR FREE, posted by Leo on March 19, 2001, at 18:06:54
I've been on Effexor (75mg) for about a year and until the medication stopped working two months ago, I was very happy with it. I have previously taken Lithium, Paxil, and Zoloft on a daily basis as well as Clonapin and Trazadone on an as needed basis. I have NEVER experienced the horrifying withdrawel symptoms I experienced trying to get off Effexor when I stopped any of the before mentioned drugs (even Paxil, notoriously hard to get off of didn't affect me the way Effexor did).
Blackouts, siezure, brain-buzzing and headache, slurred speech, inability to concentrate. After four days of this my psych put me back on the Effexor at a half dose and I have been weaning down by the incredibly slow method of succesively reducing my intake of the medication by one granule per day. In the mean time, I am so stressed out that I have hives! and am fearful of taking any other medication. I can't believe that some folks are taking up to 300mg. I keep thinking - how in the hell are they going to get off of it?
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