Posted by FREDDY on May 18, 2005, at 19:33:59
In reply to Re: About the Effexor XR Withdrawal, posted by dr_laura on April 27, 2005, at 22:44:06
I was on Effexor XR for about 6 months, and had leveled off at 150mg. When I decided to withdraw, my shrink suggested reducing the dosage by 37.5 for a week at a time until I weaned down to zero. So, it took me 4 weeks to get off the drug. It went pretty well until I took the last 37.5 mg dose. Starting the next day I began to have what others are calling brain zaps. That is, whenever I move my eyes to look in a different direction, I hear clinking sounds which feel like a zap in my head. I usually get 3-5 clinks before it stops, but it starts again immediately when I move my eyes to look in another direction. Its almost like short fast electric zaps. It also has some quick dizziness related to it. I have been off the drug now for 15 days, but I am still getting the eye movement clinking reaction described. My question is, how long does it take before it stops? I find it annoying, but can tolerate it as long as I know it will eventually stop. One would think that after 15 days the drug should be completely out of your system. So why is it still happening to me? Anyone know if this is a normal reaction for such a long time? Thanks
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