Posted by jodigirl on March 8, 2005, at 15:52:29
In reply to Re: How I finally withdrew painfree from EFFEXOR XR, posted by Readersleaders on March 8, 2005, at 15:36:37
Sorry for the confusion. When I withdrew last year (the hard way), I went from 350 to 37.5 and it was horrible. Then I went back up to 150. So I consider last year a taper from 350 to 150 but I hated every moment and I threw up and my head was spinning and I felt like I was going nuts. This time, I thought it out better. I knew I *had* to withdraw because I needed to go on another med. So I focused on the symptoms that bothered me most - the crazy electric feelings in the head. I believed those electric feelings made me sick to stomach and caused the vomiting. I talked to my doc about that feeling and he said it was a type of "motion sickness." And . . . I took it from there. I went from 150 mg to 0 mg Effexor XR in two weeks. NOTE: I was completely symptom free this time whereas last year I started feeling negative symptoms at 75 mg. Again, sorry for the confusion.
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