Posted by dancing fool on August 7, 2006, at 9:30:17
In reply to Re: This is scarier than I thought, posted by lakebandit on August 7, 2006, at 9:16:39
Hi Lakebandit,
the side-effects went away after about 3 weeks of taking 75mg/day. I have been on 75mg/day for over a year - stopped 9 months - started again at 75 and upped to 150 (last period about 1 year). I have to say that the withdrawl is no picknick, but I did OK for about 9 months without any medications at all. I asked my doctor to start again with effexor after I noticed I was slowing down (usually prelude to a really dark period with me).
so in reply to your Q: the side effects diminish - but I don't know anything about really long treatments
hope this helps
cheers
dancing fool
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