Posted by theo on August 3, 2003, at 23:46:01
In reply to Theo, posted by Scooter1 on August 3, 2003, at 22:29:54
If you haven't felt anything great about Effexor XR 37.5mg, I wouldn't go up on dose, especially if you are having side effects still. I thought most of these posts about withdrawal wouldn't apply to me because most folks seem to be weaning down from 225mg, I was sadly mistaken. Most of my withdrawal was not really physical such as nausea etc. but feelings of extreme fear and panic. I quit drinking several months ago and don't take Xanax, Valuim etc. and really felt the withdrawal. I was still drinking when I took Paxil and the alchohol probably masked the discontinuing effects. I stopped the Luvox when the withdrawal kicked in and started the Prozac 20mg because of the long half life which I am probably going to stay on because of the long half life and see if it works. Since Prozac was older I just figured these dual type such as Effexor would be better so I've never given Prozac an honest try. I also took Atarax which is a strong antihistimine prescribed for anxiety. At least if I decide to quit Prozac I don't have to worry about the short half life problems with Effexor XR. My next step will be to go a complete different direction and try Anafranil for anxiety instead of SSRI's. I don't want to scare you but I would get off the Effexor XR unless your experiencing overwhelming great feelings from it.
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