Posted by Jiggitykid on February 25, 2005, at 13:55:04 [reposted on February 25, 2005, at 23:53:48 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal symptoms!, posted by Tuna on February 25, 2005, at 13:38:03
Welcome to the club! These symptoms are part and parcel, but if you're concerned that something else might be going on, please call your doctor. I have fibromyalgia, too, and I TOTALLY understand the fatigue. Give yourself two weeks to get it all out of your system. After that, if you go according to the "average" calendar here, you'll begin to shake them, perhaps sooner if you're lucky. Just be careful driving, be careful on stairs, etc., because the dizziness is really something.
> Does anyone think these symptoms are from withdrawal? Do they compare with what others have experienced?
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> -Strange headache, unlike any other I've ever had. I get a sudden wave of pressure and pain when I turn or lift my head which passes quickly. The annoyance is in its frequency- every couple of minutes. It is mostly on one side of my head, but not like a migraine. It almost feels like my brain is moving inside my skull but at a slower pace than my head- I turn my head and then my brain has to catch up.
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> -Dizziness, unlike the postural hypotension I experience with fibromyalgia. I am dizzy even just sitting or lying still.
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> -Fatigue, worse than what I experience with the fibro. If any of you have or are familiar with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, you have an idea of what I might mean.
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> I wasn't sure that I would experience withdrawal symptoms, nor was my doctor, because I was on a relatively small dose (75mg) for nine months. My doctor prescribed it last May or June for some situational anxiety and I probably would have stayed on it longer despite the sexual side effects, but my normally borderline total cholesterol shot up to 268. This is the funny (NOT) part- my doctor was going to send me to a nutritionist even though I already eat mostly vegetarian (fish and chicken once each a week, fat free yogurt the only dairy) until I read Wyeth's own premarketing studies on Effexor and cholesterol. I told him I wanted to quit the Effexor, was worried about withdrawal so he had me drop down to 37.5 mg for ten days. That ended four days ago. Now yesterday these weird symptoms started and they are worse today.
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> Any ideas, comments anyone?
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> Thanks in advance,
> Tuna
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