Posted by empty inside on March 12, 2005, at 1:33:00
In reply to Re: Dosing » Sarah T., posted by ed_uk on March 10, 2005, at 8:47:24
> This can also make it very difficult to taper. I suppose if they made low-strength tablets for tapering, they would have to admit that some people have to taper in really small steps because the withdrawal symptoms can be nasty.
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> Ed.I had that problem when I had to withdraw from Effexor XR, on more than one occasion. The first time a psychiatrist simply took me off of it, cold turkey, because all of a sudden he said that it "wasn't effective in treating anorexics" and that it "wasn't helping my depression" (WHICH IT WAS AND I HAD SAID SO!) this guy was unbelievably unprofessional - and this was while i was in a hospitalized setting so i couldn't even switch to a new doc since he was the only one. (needless to say tho I sighed out AMA). The second time I withdrawed from Effexor XR (both times I was withdrawing from 450mg and I am amazed and jealous of this thread and how small the dosages that have helped you guys -- for example I needed 140mg Prozac to notice any difference and am currently on 600mg wellbutrin) there wasn't really much I could do to help the horrible symptoms because they are capsules and i only had them in 150mg doses and my insurance wouldn't pay for a smaller dose until my supply ran out and i wanted to get off it very quickly to start another drug, which i can't even remember what now. does effexor even come in tablets?? another time on vacation i didn't have my effexor for 5 days and thought i felt like i was dying physically. that withdrawl is so awful! :(
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