Posted by Sad Panda on May 21, 2004, at 8:40:03
In reply to Effexor.. Open the pill?, posted by RedHeadRed on May 21, 2004, at 0:06:52
> I laid in bed tonight.. and was having trouble sleeping. I started crying my eyes out for no appearant reason. I got up, and just found this board. I am so glad I am not alone with this..
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> My Doc slowly took me off effexor 300mg --> 150mg --> 75mg --> 37mg and at the same time put me on Wellbutrin 150mg --> 300mg
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> I am having "brain shivers," among other symptoms.. and what is worse: I have a final exam at 8am tomorrow. I feel like I only have half of my brain.
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> I can't stand this.. I am so deeply sad for no reason, and I can't stop crying.
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> I was wondering if anyone had any advice about opening a pill and taking some of the beads? I just opened a 150mg capusle and wet my finger to grab some beads off of the opening.
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> I really hope this works.. at least to give me some relief. Advice please :)
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> Thank you - RedHead
>You can do it, but Wyeth say not to. They also say you can sprinkle it on to apple sauce & take it like that, so I guess spliting up a capsule just means that you can't guarantee what doseage you are taking.
If you are down to 37.5mg doses, you are probably better off using some Prozac to cover the Effexor withdrawl problems.
Cheers,
Panda.
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