Posted by figgycat on July 8, 2005, at 16:14:46 [reposted on July 8, 2005, at 23:33:55 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Quitting Effexor XR - and off of all other meds!, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 14:40:03
I'm tapering down very slowly, by "counting beads" after being on 75 mg for 4 years. It helped my depression, for which I'm grateful, but I don't want to be on it for life. My doc told me to just immediately go to 1/2 a dose - but it was horrible! Nausea, dizziness, bad temper, headaches and weird forgetfullness. I found this website, and decided to wean myself off. So I'm opening up the capsules and taking out beads - 5 or 10 less each day or so, depending on how I feel. This will take a long time, but there are almost no side effects (just mild occasional nausea and "spaciness"). I set the pills up several days ahead in divided pill box so that it's ready to go in the morning, and I don't have to count the damn beads when I'm in a hurry. I keep the leftover beads in an empy pill bottle, so I can use them later when I get down to a low dose (it works to put them in peanut butter, apple sauce or yogurt, if you just need a few). I wish you all well - it's been a great help to know that others are going thru the same thing.
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