Posted by TommyTommy on February 21, 2003, at 12:26:21
In reply to Weening off of Effexo XR!!!! « RWF, posted by Dr. Bob on February 21, 2003, at 11:50:52
weening off of that drug truly bites......the brain zaps are enough to make you want to just pop in another Effexor XR and wait for the withdrawl effects to subside and go back to normal. It took me a good 2 months to ween down from 150mg to nada. It got to the point where I would take 37.5 mg pills every two days and then I would open up the pill and take out about half of the mg and eventually it got to the point where I would probably only keep 10 then 8 then 6 then 4 then 2 mg in there and then I just stopped completely and delt with a mild sense of discomfort for a week or so. I felt a little strange sensation behind my eyes and then it finally went away. A very hard pill to get off of.
Good luck though,
Tommy
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