Posted by butternut on June 7, 2009, at 13:04:32
Due to some unusally large bruises on Effexor XR 75 mg, my doctor is moving me to Cymbalta. Yesterday I dropped to 37.5mg of Effexor and started 20mg of Cymbalta. I stay on this for 5 days, then stop the effexor altogether while staying at 20mg Cymbalta for two days, then up the Cymbalta to 40mg.
Is this going to suck, or is switching from one SNRI to another not that big a deal?
When tapering off SSRIs (zoloft and lexapro), I was always on a low dose to start with and would break the pill in half for a month or so before stopping altogether. This 5-day taper with Effexor is the quickest taper I've ever done.
It's now the afternoon of day two. Yesterday was fine, but I am now feeling a little lightheaded, but I do have a cold and might have a sinus infection.
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