Posted by janejj on December 10, 2001, at 16:47:14
In reply to Effexor is mind poison!, posted by Christian on December 10, 2001, at 16:30:13
Hi Christian,
I took Effexor 75mg for 7 days and then came off cold turkey, it was nasty !!! Felt like i had the worst 'flu ever. After 4 days I took Prozac 10 mg and like a switch those symptoms disappeared, I felt normal, well as normal as I could back then when I was severely depressed!!
It is quite common for people to withdraw from effexor using Prozac, because it replaces the EXR and has a very long half life and therefore produces no withdrawal symptoms in most people.
Ask your doctor about it, don't suffer any more than you need to.
Good luck, let me know how you get on,
J
> I was only on effexor xr for three weeks and it has given me twice the anxiety I had before I taking it. I
> did not taper off once I got to 37.5 mg and now I have a weird feeling in my eyes and head all the time. When I was on the drug I felt confused, and not myself. Fuck Effexor, it has made my life worst.
poster:janejj
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