Posted by leegirl on January 23, 2004, at 9:20:08
Hi All,
> Well, I used to think I was going crazy....but thanks to this website I
> see that I am not the only one. After being switched from Prozac to
> Effexor (150 mg) I became a basket case. I was on the 150 mg for 8 months and just recently I cut that dose in half to 75 mg daily. I thought that the tremors,
> shocks, muscle twitches, anorexia, dry-mouth, night sweats, confusion,
> memory loss, and major personality changes were just a figment of my
> imagination (I was that unsure of myself!!!!!!!) When I brought these
> problems and concerns to the attention of my psychiatrist ( and also my
> subsequent findings on the internet), I was told that I was only putting
> myself into a panic mode and that anything I read on the internet was
> false and untrustworthy. But, I know what I am going through is REAL and I
> know that I'm not just making myself panicky......My "shrink"
> has me on a bennzo just to deal with these so-called imagined side
> effects......since weaning myself from 150 mg to 75mg of Effexor, I'm still getting that daily "trippy, scary, freak
> out" feeling when I'm late with a dose. Anybody out there have any
> advice for getting off Effexor and what I can expect in the way of lasting
> side effects?????
poster:leegirl
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