Posted by jeenobeano on December 15, 2003, at 14:11:42
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news » jeenobeano, posted by Roomy on December 15, 2003, at 12:39:07
> its me Roomy again. I was the one going 75mg one day and then 37.5 the next for like 20 days and then just on 37.5 every day for 20days and NOW just this weekend I am supposed to skip and take it every other day. Well...I skipped saturdays dose and was fine but just write off Sunday! I was useless! 37.5 is sooooo freakin small of a dose and I only skipped ONE day!!! WHATS THE DEAL??? I so thought this was gonna work! Sunday I took my meds so today I am better but today I didnt so tomorrow will suck. I am tired of doctors and going back and going back and I KNOW that just dumping out half of the capsule and taking it is bad.....*heavy sigh*...anyway...the doctor said he wanted to put me on Wellbutrin during the weaning process but I, too, didnt want anything to do with any other drugs. Here is my question: everyother day until the drug is gone (I have about 15 pills left) that 30 days. Will I feel like this for thirty days? and what happens when the drug is gone? will I feel WORSE?
Hi Roomy,
I'm not doing so well myself. With my doctor's assistance I've begun weaning myself off 75mg verrrrrrry slooooowwwly. With his approval I removed 2 measly granules from the 75mg capsule on Friday, and I've been doing the same every evening since then. Friday and Saturday I felt totally fine, no symptoms whatsoever. Last night I started feeling a bit jittery, and today I'm incredibly jittery. All this from 2 measly granules!!!!!!!!!!!!
That said, I'm feeling much better than when I was impetuous enough to remove TEN granules at a time. However, at this rate I'm going to be on this stuff for the rest of my life. If I start to feel better soon I'm going to try to remove more like 5-8 per week (less than the horrible 10 per week, but more than the ridiculously small 2 per week).
As long as I'm able to function I don't really care if it takes me 6 months or longer to get off this stuff. I just simply can't take 2 months of sick leave at this point in my career.
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