Posted by Ilene on January 20, 2003, at 13:23:53
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
> has anyone experienced this dizzy withdrawal. i was on the 75mg for 6 months then cut to 37 1/2 for the past month then took the med everyother day and now stoped for the third day and feel horrible , when will this stop ??? can anyone help
If my experience is typical it *will* stop in a few days. And according to what I've read you can use other meds to mask the withdrawal symptoms.
I tapered off Effexor over a few weeks. I think I was up to 150 mg., don't remember. I got hit by withdrawal 36 hours after the last dose. Vertigo and "electric shocks". I lay in bed without moving for 3 days, then started dragging myself around. It took a week or two for it to stop completely.
I was so pissed at my pdoc I didn't even call her. The *last* thing I wanted was more drugs. Maybe I should have, but I was taking 3 or 4 other psychotropics and felt like that was enough.
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