Posted by hotdogger69 on February 21, 2005, at 5:53:39
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal symptoms!, posted by jubilee on February 13, 2005, at 21:38:02
Hi all
I am joining the club in the Effexor withdrawal bandwagon.
It's a most unpleasant experience and I would not wish it on anyone. I have been on effoxor for over 6-7 years since it was released. And I have been taking 37.5 mg during that eraly period. The last 3 years have been only a maintenance dose ov half a tablet. I have never taken the Effexor XR. The doc has said that the amount I have been on has only been enough to stop the side effects and that his all.
I am 1 month into my final tapering regime. I am on a pathetic 1/8 of a tablet and every 2 days and still feel the effects of it due to the longevity of my useage....bottom line I get the usual symptoms, brain zaps, cant see propely, light prolbe,mm shales, cant frive, headaches, nasuea imbalance and cant find the right words to say in certain situations.in fact I am surprised I can even type this... ;-) NEVER take it again, never recommend it to anyone,,its a dog of a drug that never helped me anyway.........Wyeth need a class action lawsuit on this one....
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My heart so goes out to all of you suffering with the very painful affects of effexor withdrawal. Hang in there and give yourselves alot of credit for surviving withdrawals..
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> I have been off effexor for over a month and the only thing I am suffering from is a total identity crisis. The last 4 years on effexor I was hypermanic and a serious insomniac fighting sleep with every ounce of strength ,even though I took a strong med to go to sleep , like serequil.
> My son once explained to me once why people on crank(speed) don't sleep. He said the speed tells them that they are dying and and feel the need to get things done , so they stay up days. The way I fought sleep was insane. Now I enjoy sleeping alot.
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> now I am very calm but not really motivated much about anything. I am on welbutrin . I am eating more . I am having very few angry outbursts now and I am in alot more control to use the energy for something possitive like cleaning my house. I am not overemotional anymore.
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> So thats where I am at. Again I suggest going as slow off effexor as possible . I was blessed to have a large bottle of meds when I decided to go off, and I got hope on the internet one day as I almost died from a stroke one time. Really scared me. The other time I almost got locked up for swearing at a Dr. as I tended to swear alot in withdrawal. I had tripple vision 2 weeks that time and couldnt drive. It came on me on a long blank piece of freeway and I was all over the road and lucky I didn't kill myself.
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> One guy said 4 months with trancs as I was literally stuck on that med.
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> I wish you all the best. Jubilee
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