Posted by lynnads on January 26, 2003, at 12:44:26
In reply to I'm getting off Effexor (if I can) READ!!!, posted by kataklysm on January 18, 2003, at 5:32:11
To anyone who ever plans to go off of Effexor, do talk to your doctor. Don't go cold turkey!!! I decided to go off Effexor because I wanted to try out a different AD to see if there was something better. I was on 150mgs and in order to go off, my doctor told me to go down to 75mgs for a week and then 37.5 the next week. I was concerned, after reading all the posts on here, that 150 to 75 was a big jump, but she assured me that since I hadn't been on it very long, I wouldn't have any problem.
She was wrong.
I commend anyone who has gone off this drug cold turkey! I honestly don't know how you did it. Just a couple days after I started lowering my dose I noticed excessive differences. I was very moody, dizzy, and nauseated. A few days later I got violent headaches, which i still have, vertigo, lightheadedness and a feeling of lost equilibrium.
I guess my point being is that if any of you decide to go off Effexor, have a talk with your doctor and see to it that they taper you more gradually!!!!!! Cuz this sucks!
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