Posted by gardenia girl on March 30, 2005, at 20:08:01
In reply to Re: About the Effexor XR Withdrawal » gardenia girl, posted by SLS on March 25, 2005, at 17:06:20
Update on Gardenia Girl
Saturday - tried splitting capsules, sorting beads by size, separating into 4 equal portions. Took 1/4 around 10:00 am with 1 Benadryl. Symptoms were tolerable but not what I wanted. By 5:30 was very sick, took 1/4 more and within an hour was tolerable again. Slept, but not restfully.
Sunday - 1/4 in the morning with 1 Benadryl. Nothing needed for remainder of the day. Slept OK.
Monday - Hands and feet looked like they belonged to a freakin' elephant. Swelling was so bad I could not make a fist without pain. Took 1/3 in the morning w/1 Benadryl. Went to the doctor. Took all the info gathered from interenet. Doc said OK to try cutting 25 mg tablets, but wanted me to use Valium 2mg for queesy, dizzy symptoms. Doc thinks I have Thyroid problems (big lumps in my neck). Did blood tests. Will know by Friday. Gave me diuretic for fluid. Took 1/4 of 25 mg Effexor tablet and 1 Valium and 1 diuretic around 5:00 pm. Slept very good.
Tuesday - 1/4 tablet, 1 Valium, 1 diuretic about 7:30 am. By the time I got to work I was sick and throwing up. All the symptoms (and a few I had not yet experienced - feet / hands tingling) returned with a vengence. Threw up all day long. Have no idea how I got home without ending up in a ditch. Curled up in the hammock outside and slept until about midnight. Restless sleep remainder of night.
Wednesday - Time to rethink. Start over and change one thing at a time! Went back to 1/4 of capsule beads and Benadryl at 7:30 am. No Valium. No diuretic (lost 6 pounds in fluid from Monday mid-day until Wed morning). Today was OK. A little dizzy. Able to eat today without hurling. No Star Wars Light Sabers going off in my head. That's a good thing. No other meds today. It's about 9:00 pm here and I am going to try to go to sleep.
Good luck to everyone on this journey.
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