Posted by bobbyd3 on December 27, 2003, at 10:54:22
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news, posted by jpal on December 25, 2003, at 9:15:29
I have stopped taking Effexor for about 2 weeks now. My withdrawal symtoms include the "electric" shocks that alot of people talk about, flu-like things like nausea ,clammy feeling,loss of appetite,and the shits. I havent taken a normal dump in a week.I dont think it really is the flu because it doesnt really get any better or worse .It's just an annoyance,droning on,day after day.My highest dose I was taking was 450 mg./day for about ayear and then I dropped to 150 mg. with not much of a problem except for mild electric jolts that I also felt when I was just a few hours late of my normal daily dose time ! Anyhow ,they went away after i popped my pills,but they are not going away now !The shocks are even accompanied now by sound effects that only be described as little zaps.In silence you can actually hear them and when there is normal daily noise ,they change the frequency of the said noise ,so you notice them that way .I think the stupid drug helped me before,but I dont know what to do now .i have a call into my shrinks office, but its saturday and he hasnt called me back yet .I think I am going to start taking it again but I dont want any nausea of starting the drug again .I didnt gradually stop it,Iwent from 150Mg.to nothing but what the fuck difference does it make,since i am reading about people that take 2 months to spool down to 75Mg. then cant go down from there because it makes them feel like shit . Just to let you know,I am no little pussy or hypochondriac either,I can spend a good night out drinking and partying to the wee hours,then put a 16 hour workday in a hot kitchen during a heat-wave(I'm a chef).I cant do it the way I feel now.
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