Posted by Janelle on September 17, 2001, at 23:04:46
In reply to Re: That darn ELECTRIC HEAD:what are causes, duration? » Janelle, posted by Emme on September 16, 2001, at 22:06:30
I am resisting, but since my pdoc is out of town (figures she happens to go away the very time I go OFF the Effexor and this means off an SSRI for the first time in YEARS - I'd been on Paxil and Celexa before this). Anyway, if it gets unbearable I'll have to take a tiny amount again, but I don't want it to be a cycle of on/off Effexor as symptoms come and go. I want OUT from this med - it did not help me. I will try another SRI once pdoc returns!
My QUESTION for you - you said that you took a tiny amount of the Effexor, and that helped, and you backed off inch by inch - HOW did you do so? Did you open up the capsule and estimate what half of the lowest one was and then take that in food or something? I was taking the 37.5 mg/day for like 4 weeks, thinking that stopping it would not cause any backlash - WRONG! This darn electric head, feelings of panic and anxiety and hyperness have set in - it took a few days. I thought I was "home free" but I guess it took those few days for whatever Effexor was still in me to leave. Wahhhh ...
Thanks for your info in your response and if you could let me know how you backed off Effexor finally, I'd greatly appreciate it.
-Janelle
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