Posted by cpallen79 on July 28, 2004, at 15:24:36
In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawal, posted by crazychickuk on July 28, 2004, at 11:03:23
Hi all, I also encountered very nasty problems with the effexor. I took a small dose for a year for my OCD. I tapered off of it too fast. The withdrawal was horrible, and then I was ok... for about 6 weeks then I began to succumb to stress... It was like I couldn't handle ANYTHING. I fell into an agitated depression. Was this from the effexor? maybe, maybe not. Needless to say I am remedicated (on a different medication), and I am doing somewhat better. It kind of sounds like Effexor withdrawal and the period after can really mess things up. We have to be careful in assuming that though because many of us have problems to begin with of course... it just seems that alot of people have major problems after Effexor in particular... I'm not sure why.
> daj a vu for me.. she could be my twin brain... i stopped it suddenly and had brain zaps, severe anxiety panick etc went about a yr with no meds didnt help me at all, she needs something to put her brain chemicals back, effexor caused an imbalance thats what my doc told me... inderal would be great for anxiety, if you do a google search for * inderal for anxiety reviews *, you will come accross a site where ppl talk about inderal and how its helped them i havent came accross no negative responses for it, i have it hear but i am to chicken to take it, it will help with the anxiety with the raised hrt rate etc but it isnt good mentally, she does need an ssri or snri something along the lines, get her into therapy right away to change her thoughts before her brain gets used to the neg thoughts, like me it has taking me along time to sort of train my brain again, i think prozac would be a good start for meds wise, is she in the uk? gp's arnt very good, maybe she can get refered for anxiety managment which is what we usually get refered to, and get on some meds to correct the problem.
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> hope all goes well
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