Posted by SLS on March 25, 2005, at 9:57:16
In reply to Re: About the Effexor XR Withdrawal, posted by gardenia girl on March 25, 2005, at 9:22:50
Hi GG.
I'm glad you posted.
> Sorry for the long post. I guess there was much needing to be released. Onward and upward!
As I have detailed in other posts, skipping days seems to be counterproductive with Effexor. If you feel you are headed in a positive direction despite skipping days, I guess it doesn't make sense to try anything different. Note that 3 days is the magic number for the onset of withdrawal syndrome. Your experience gives further evidence of this.
If it were me, I'd get the 25mg tablets to work with. Until then, you can use the 37.5 tablets effectively by dividing them into quarters. Try taking 1 quarter three times a day. See what happens. If you become stable at that dosage and can avoid the serious withdrawal effects that are keeping you from working, then the next step might be to take either 1 quarter of the 37.5 twice a day or 1 quarter of a 25mg tablet three times a day (preferable). I don't think you will be able to go further than one quarter of 25mg twice a day. Perhaps you will. That would be convenient. If twice a day is your limit to avoid constant withdrawal symptoms, then wait until you are stable and prepare for moving to complete discontinuation as your next step. Any residual withdrawal symptoms should be mild to moderate and will perhaps be amenable to palliative treatment with Benadryl.
I'd like to mention that those people who reported success using Claritin actually used the "Claritin D" preparation.
- Scott
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