Posted by desertoddity on September 20, 2003, at 15:43:17
In reply to Coming off Wellbutrin / Effexor now, posted by RPS on September 20, 2003, at 2:16:13
i, too, am coming off effexor xr. i've been through this before and the withdrawal is awful. i am switching to a new medication and, at this point, i just feel like giving up.
it only took one missed dose of effexor xr 150mg and by the afternoon of the same day, i would start getting that 'woozly' feeling in my head, like it was moving when it wasn't. it's dreadful. i am cutting the dose gradually, but it doesn't seem to help that much with the problems that occur when trying to get off of it.
i wish more physicians were aware of these symptoms, as i know people (my mom, for one) that wanted off and were just told to stop it.
it's a horror show trying to discontinue this medication.
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