Posted by jimmygold70 on February 17, 2004, at 18:03:38
In reply to Re: Major withdrawl symptoms, posted by Judie on February 15, 2004, at 10:59:26
Effexor becomes more noradrenergic at higher doses (like 225 mg/day) and the blunting tends to go away.
DO NOT stop effexor since if you tolerate it
(except the blunting) it's a great pill.If this stays after a month on 225, you should add something dopaminergic like amantadine, Mirapex in this order. If you live outside the US amisulpride is great.
Bye for now!
Jimmy> I am stopping effexor xr after 6 months, because I , too felt "flat-lined"... like I wasn't depressed, but I felt no joy or passion in anything I did, either. My doctor (GP) wanted to double my dose, but I can't see how that would fix my problem. I want to feel SOMETHING, just not suicidal! My last dose was 2 days ago. I'd been taking 75 mgs. a day. When I woke up so dizzy today, I started hunting on the internet for some info and I'm thrilled I found this site. Looks like I'd better taper off instead of going cold turkey. I dumped half of the granules out of a capsule and I'm going to try that every day for a week. I don't want to drag this out too long, but I have to be able to function. Scares me that folks are having withdrawel symptoms AFTER two weeks of quitting!! Somebody PLEASE post a success story for getting off this stuff!
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