Posted by Minnie-Haha on April 14, 2005, at 17:41:27
In reply to Weaning off Effexor XR, posted by Keemo on April 13, 2005, at 17:49:23
> ... This time I decided to be smarter about it because I know if I even miss one dose I feel side-effects. So I went to my new Dr. (we have moved to another town) and told him I wanted to wean off and he cut my dose in 1/2 to 75mg a day.
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> It is the second day and I feel tired, light-headed, I'm having trouble concentrating and have a terrible headache up the back of my head. Also yesterday I started getting this sharp pain, in my right ear, which has been happening off and on today too...You might need to taper off even more slowly. Maybe instead of 1/2, just cut down first to 3/4. Also, some report relief by using Benadryl, or even a short-term RX of Prozac.
Look around here in the Withdrawal section and you should find lots of advice on discontinuing Effexor.
Good luck!
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