Posted by Stan F. on July 6, 2000, at 23:16:30
In reply to Re: withdrawal, posted by jeanette on April 14, 2000, at 6:58:11
Just found this site and am sure glad I did. I had been taking Effexor @ 150mg for about 6 months for depression caused by work related stress. Although it seemed to help with the depression it did nothing for the anger and anxiety. I had problems with side effects the most troublesome was sexaul disfunction which the doctor says he has never heard of. He cut me back to 75mg for 6 months which did not help with the side effects. Then he switched me to Wellbutrin and cut the Effexor back to 37.5mg for 2 weeks after which I was supposed to be done with it. After 2 or 3 days I experienced all the withdrawal symtoms explained by maggie and also experienced being very emotional (crying easily). The doctor gave me another 14 days worth and said he knows of no problems with quitting this medication. He has tried to convince me that I should have no problems but having experienced problems when missing doses I knew better. Now I don't feel so all alone and will print out several messages to bring back to the doctor when I need more of this medication. I would like to ask Cam W. where he/she got the information about using 10mg Prozac to assist with the withdrawal. If my doctor believes that there is no problem with withdrawal how can I convince him that what Cam said will work?
poster:Stan F.
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