Posted by colin wallace on March 1, 2002, at 5:05:48
In reply to Re: effexor withdrawal...it's only seratonin!!? » colin wallace, posted by JohnX2 on February 28, 2002, at 15:47:01
Hi john,
I've been on certain ssri's that I absolutely rejected from day one aswell; I recall from discussions elsewhere (solely about effexor) that some lucky individuals had taken it successfully for years, and suffered only minimal
'distress' when coming off the stuff.Others, as you probably know, go through awful experiences following only a few weeks of its use.I think in the main though, withdrawal does seem to be a serious problem for a substantial number of people (hence the FDA forced labelling changes to Wytheth Amerst, or whoever they are).
I'd be way out of my depth guessing why you and others come away unscathed - it doesnt seem to be dose related either (I was only on 75mg for four or five months!)You may have something there though- perhaps because you seemed to reject it outright,and never became 'reliant' upon it, those withdrawals never manifested.Me, I became totally reliant upon it in order to function at all (so perhaps I shouldn't gripe, eh?!)Hence the nasty withdrawals.Just a fumbling guess though- no one has yet accounted for it , except in the vaguest terms.
(incidentally, it did wonders for my anxiety-I was able to drop xanax successfully whilst taking it-but alas it
kept causing angry mood swings)
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