Posted by jtc on May 27, 2003, at 10:12:14
In reply to Re: I'm going off- please help!, posted by BillySilva on May 27, 2003, at 8:26:44
> I'm getting off Effexor. Have been taking 75 mg for one year. For the last ten day I reduced the dosage to 36.5 and am doing ok. I'm planing to start taking 36.5 every other day for another 10 days and stop... Has anyone done it like this? Does anyone know for long it going to be completely out of system once I stop?
> Thank you!
Hi, good luck to you. I went off of effexor xr the same way as you are trying. I took 37.5 mg for about 2 weeks and then every other day for about 2 weeks then stopped. I did okay but I had the dizziness when I stopped cold turkey for about 3 days. I have been off for about 2 months and am now starting to have a lot of crying spells and irritability to my family. I am thinking I need to try something else. What makes me angry is that the doctors say you can stop without tapering. They do not know what they are talking about. Anyway good luck to you and I have read on this posting board that you can take Benadryl for the dizziness. Hope this helps. Take care and keep us posted. jtc
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