Posted by Kristi on November 18, 2001, at 19:56:26
In reply to new to effexor xr...side effects...ugh., posted by keri on November 13, 2001, at 14:20:34
Hi......
Everyone is right.... it is definately best not to go off cold turkey!!! But there are some people(me) who can't be convinced. I'm the type that if I don't like what a drug is doing to me... I go off it. My doctors hate me for this, but oh well. Anyway..... if you don't do the cutting down method.... have some benadryl handy and see if you can get a couple doses of prozac.. it helps tremendously with the withdrawal. I had some pretty nasty withdrawal symtoms that the prozac really helped. Good luck..... and keep us posted!! Kristi> Hi-
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> I just started taking effexor xr 4 weeks ago (for the last 2 weeks, 150 mg). The side effects are crazy and I don't know if I'm still adjusting to the meds or if they will go away. I'm dizzy and nauseaous but not like I'm going to pass out...it's funky. My hands have had tremors and I have absolutely positivitly no interest in sex (which the side effects said this usually only affects males). The mood swings also seem pretty bad but I can't tell if it's from anxiety attacks or the meds.
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> I'm thinking of going cold turkey because I don't feel like myself at all but I can tell that it's helping with the depression. After reading several of these posts, I'm afraid to go off of it but it looks like the effects keep getting worse.
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> Plus, I can't get time off of work to figure this out with my doctor so I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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> Please help.
poster:Kristi
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