Posted by clipper40 on June 26, 2008, at 6:53:29
In reply to Re: Long term effects of Effexor/permanent, posted by 49er on June 25, 2008, at 20:06:15
I have never known of anyone who took some Prozac or another SSRI to help get off of Effexor, who didn't receive a lot of help from it and I've read a lot of posts on this board on the topic. However, I do believe you that you know of some people it didn't work for with Paxil.
I also wanted to add that I was not advocating that people should take Prozac instead of tapering off of Effexor. I think they should do both. I did a VERY SLOW taper and didn't have any problems until I stopped the medication completely. At the point of discontinuation, I was only taking a small fraction of a 37.5 mg. pill. I didn't expect to have any problems but then all hell broke loose. I couldn't believe how sick I felt. That's when I took a small amount of another longer acting SSRI instead. I felt so much better very quickly. I continued to take this SSRI for a few more days and then stopped that as well. I had a few brain shakes after that (when I'd lay my head down on my pillow at night) but for the most part I felt great.
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