Posted by justjustine on February 11, 2004, at 21:19:10
In reply to Re: I started a blog: A Journal of Effexor Withdrawal » cupcake, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 11, 2004, at 17:23:15
this is really interesting and i wish i had known about it when i was withdrawing. as i've said, i took vicodin to get through. my doctor thought i'd end up dependent on vicodin, but as soon as my effexor withdrawals were done i stopped taking it without any ill effects. the vicodin also helped dry up my intestinal tract, and that helped, too.
did you medicate to sleep, also?
i saw the post from the woman who tested positive for pcp due to effexor - it made me feel a bit sick again...
> > i don't know anything about dexedrine...are you still taking it? did you experience ANY withdrawal effects? how much did you take at the
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> Nope, I am not still taking it. I extensively abused drugs for a period of time in my life and will not be able to get a prescription for it again--a shame, beacuse I have ADD that can be debilitating at times--until I have a good job with insurance that allows me to see a private doctor.
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> I took 30mg DextroStat at a time and had NO withdrawl symptoms. Don't ask me how that works; I have no idea. However, I believe that there is a common withdrawl symptomology among many different drugs. Just look at how similar the withdrawl from SSRIs and opiates are, for instance. People have told me that amphetamine helped out their dopesickness a lot, so perhaps it just makes you feel better. FWIW, taken at prescribed dosages, stimulants would always make me feel better when I had a minor illness. Benzedrine inhalers used to be sold on airlines under the guise of helping people with congestion during the landing process. Hah!
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