Posted by Hawklady on March 30, 2005, at 19:30:32
In reply to About the Effexor XR Withdrawal, posted by MoparFan91 on March 10, 2005, at 4:00:00
Hi,
I have just joined this forum. I am in the UK and started effexor XL 150 mg in Aug 2002, in Aug 2004 I tried to come off it too quickly, the side effects were horrible ,worst I have ever experienced even when I "stupidly" experimented with recreational illeagal drugs in the 90's.
I am down to 1/4 of a 37.5 mg tablet a day, I take 1/2 am and 1/2 pm. I am still getting some pretty minging side effects and have been reading here that I could use different tablets the, the capsules and count the beads amd also that there are other medication I could take to alieveate the symptoms which are:- aching all over, head ache, head twitch/jolts/pains, racing heart beat, palpatations (doc given me beta blockers for these) sleeplessness, twitchy/restelss legs in bed, numbness everywhere particular hands, feet, head, nether regions UNFORTUNATLY!! low libido never had a problem prior, quite the opposite, weight gain. I am on such a low dose its a shame to have to back track, any advice would be appreicated.
Good luck everyone - yours un-comfortably numb.
PS Sorry for my rubbush spelling, its 2.29 am here in the UK and visiting these forums helps with the insommnia
poster:Hawklady
thread:469497
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