Posted by Meliss337 on March 26, 2006, at 14:53:49
Hey everyone,
So I've been tapering off Effexor XR now for quite awhile. I was on 150 mg at my peak, and went down to 75 and was on that for at least 6 months. Since mid-January I've been tapering down slowly from the 75 and for about the past week was finally taking about 8-9 mg of the stuff (which I'm happy about!)
However - I've been so IRRITABLE lately. That's the only word for it. I've not been happy. Everything just seems to suck entirely and finally I got fed up with the whole thing and didn't take any this morning. I figure, a lot of people go down to 37.5 mg and THEN stop, so I should be a lot better off since I went from about 8 mg to 0, right? Well... I feel okay NOW, after I took a child's dose of liquid benadryl, drank some ginger ale, have been drinking a lot of water and gatorade, and took some vitamin B complex and flax oil (both things I've read - probably here - that are supposed to help).
I'm just wondering a couple things - anyone have any other tips on remedies or anything that makes that last stage of tapering down a little better? Other than the total irritability and feeling/acting like a complete bitch... I've been dizzy and had bothersome stomach problems... but other than that... (and feeling so damn incoherant in everything I try to say or write/type...) I need tips!
Also, how long will this feeling like crap LAST?! Any clues? Anyone been there and gotten through it in a similar way (or hey, not similar way)? I just want to know when I will feel normal again...
Thanks for any advice.
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