Posted by SLS on February 25, 2005, at 8:07:08
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news, posted by JennaStarrett on February 24, 2005, at 21:51:02
Hi Jenna.
Thanks for responding.
> > > actully found this site after I got out of the hospital. I took Claratin D (someone on the post suggested it) to help with the withdrawals. It helped a lot in my case.
> > Which withdrawal symptoms specifically did the Claratin help with?
> It helped me with pretty much everything... the severe anxiety, sweating, zaps, being aggravated, headaches, nausea and dizziness etc... I went off the Claratin D about 5 weeks after I quit taking effexor and all of the withdrawal symptoms came back... I felt like I was going to come out of my skin. I took another Claratin D and the sypmtoms went away again in about 6 hours. I was also on 150 Wellbutrin at the time. I quit taking the Claratin D about 2 1/2 months and I was finally ok. I'm not sure why this worked but it really helped me.
WOW! That is amazing.I am very surprised that the Claritin had such a positive effect on so many symptoms. Unlike Benadryl, Claritin does not travel to the brain or CNS. That would make it a better choice for most people whom don't want to experience the sedation and other side effects that are produced by Benadryl.
Does Claritin D give you dry mouth? What other side effects did it produce?
Had you ever tried the regular Claritin (not "D")?
Claritin D adds pseudoephedrine as a decongestant, which does cross the blood-brain barrier. I wonder how important that might be.
Thanks.
- Scott
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