Posted by fastblackZZR on February 4, 2004, at 13:43:51
In reply to effexor = bad when you want to stop, posted by justjustine on February 4, 2004, at 10:05:49
i had only been on effexor xr for a month, but i adjust and depend very quickly. i knew i needed to change the medication. i went from 150 mg. to 75.5. within a couple of days i felt a sense of doom and despair. i cried hysterically.
after reading a suggestion on the net, my husband went to the health food store and bought two things : a bottle of choline & inositol (500mg tabs) and a bottle of DHA. i began taking wellbutrin XL on top of the tapering doses of effexor, along with the above mentioned supplements. i noticed a difference within a day or two. during the couple of days i had horrid crying spells, vivid nightmares were also a part of my withdrawal. i went down to the 35.5 mg effexor for three days. i am on my second day without effexor and am taking 300 mg. wellbutrin XL. for the past two days i have had severe irritablilty and my head feels very uncomfortable. (like the shocks that paxil withdrawl can produce)i can deal with this easier than i can deal with the crying and nightmares, and i can see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
by no means am i saying this is the way to do it for everyone. this is what i have done and i believe the supplements have made a big difference. it's worth a try. when you are going crazy from withdrawl, most anything sane is worth a try.
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