Posted by apenname on July 15, 2005, at 11:29:40
In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawl Day Three, posted by GoldenSlumbers on July 15, 2005, at 8:05:42
Concentrating all the time on how I feel tends to lead me to be miserable. I'd originally scheduled it so I could go through stepping down from Effexor at 225 mg at a time when it wouldn't interfere with work. Withdrawal took longer, and work came back to grab my attention and I found myself feeling better for being busy, because I wasn't moping around all the time. I also wasn't trying to evaluate every single thing my body was doing, and of course the extra work stress got to be a reason for symptoms instead of withdrawal.
Although I did feel that the dizziness was very obviously withdrawal and it kept me from being able to concentrate on anything for a length of time, so the tiny Effexor doses made a big difference.On the weekends I cleaned, planted things, puttered around, hung out with friends and watched movies, and that helped too. It's tough to find a balance somwhere between self-observation and unhealthy focus, but I'm trying to think positively about building lifelong coping mechanisms.
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