Posted by Elizabeth on December 11, 2001, at 16:05:43
In reply to Re: Withdrawing from Effexor: nightmares » Elizabeth, posted by Simcha on December 11, 2001, at 14:58:49
> > Exactly what would a "healthy" [nonzero] dose of crack be???
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> LOL, 'twas a funny way of telling her that the doc was ignorant of withdrawal symptoms from Effexor.Yeah, I got it. Was curious about the crack dose anyway though :-)
> I had nightmares nightly when I was a child. I used to sleep on the top bunk of a bunk-bed and I fell off of it on many an occasion.... Hmmm.. I wonder if I have a sleep disorder due to the bloody imbalance in me head! My pdoc tells me that this depression and OCD is a physical/chemical problem and not a spiritual/emotional problem that can be piddled with....
Heh heh -- "diagnosis: dropped on head as child." :-) Jumping out of bed (fortunately not a bunk) was a common thing for me too -- my dreams weren't nightmares per se, but they were action-packed and had a lot of chase scenes. So in my dream, I would be chasing somebody or being chased, and in real life I'd leap out of my bed, at which point I would wake up on the floor.
I think it sounds like tapering Effexor *slowly* would be the best thing, since you really ought to have a washout period of at least 5 days before starting the MAOI (don't knock it: the a**-covering drug companies recommend two weeks).
-elizabeth
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