Posted by mxgirl13 on January 8, 2003, at 11:35:55
In reply to Re: DON'T go Cold Turkey!! » soblue1, posted by M. Lee on January 7, 2003, at 7:33:43
Go back and read posts starting from around Christmas. I had a few replies giving advice on where to go like emergency rooms and in patient clinics for FREE!!!!!
Remember, don't change your meds because your husband doesn't like them, or their cost. It's not their medicine and they can't understand why we need it. From what you described about your situation, I would not recommend stopping or reducing your dose without help. My sister's husband is one of those "disagreers" and when she stopped meds and nutted out, he nutted out even more than she did because he was already upset about the meds in the first place. I don't want that to happen to you. Home life isn't very plesant.
Good luck!
> > I've been taking a form of anti-depression/anxiaty for 10 years now. My doctor upped Effexor to 300mg a day. Husband just retired and no money coming in for a couple of months. He is complaining about the expense with the Effexor. I was seriously considering quiting taking it until he feels better about it or ??? Now after hearing the withdrawal posts I'm getting scared and am wondering about finding a source of getting my next refill.
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> I had been taking anti-depressants for about 10 years, too.
> I was on 300mg of Effexor XR and (I think) about 45mg Remeron.
> If you really need to go off the meds, talk to your
> dr. about it. I would suggest something like going down
> about 75mg per week over the course of a month.
>
> But, if the cost is the only reason that you are considering
> this, explore your other options. You might be surprised (as I was)
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