Posted by colin on August 26, 2001, at 17:36:18
In reply to im trying to quit, im losing my mind, posted by nico on July 9, 2000, at 0:14:29
> ive been taking 225mg of effexor xr for about a year now, and im trying to get off of it. so far it has been hell. i tried to decrease my dose to 150, but i couldnt do it. its too much of a decrease. i couldnt even get out of bed.
> i had to go back to 225mg. i told my dr. i was haveing trouble, so he me gave 37.5mg pills.
> so i decreased my dosage by 37.5 mg. i tried it for a week, i ended up in the emergency room, because i thought i was going die.
> so they upped my dose again and im back at 225 mg.
> i dont know what to do now.
> 37.5mg is the lowest dose they have. but its not low enough.
> how can i get off this med, without losing my mind?What a find this website is!!!!!! I was prescribed this drug by my doctor with no mention of the possible side effects when coming off it. I am incredibly angry for not being properly informed by either my doc or the pharm who makes this stuff. I was on 150 when I attempted to come off it( my doctor had mentioned that it was similar to Prozac, and as I had come off prozac 1 yr earlier with no real side effects I thought that there would be no problem!!) How wrong I was!!! I was on it for less than a yr when I decided to come off it......everything previously mentioned in this site about electrical shocks, dizziness,zeep zeep noises is all true. I have never felt so awful...I really did think that I was going mad!!!!! I have made the transition to 75, but still feel pretty awful, numbness,slow thinking etc... Does the prozac idea really work? I dread the thoughts of the withdrawal symptons...to be honest my depression was mild and effexor has just made me feel worse than any depression I may have suffered! A warning!!!!!! Please think carefully before you agree to taking effexor!!
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