Posted by kim79 on September 7, 2005, at 0:18:40
In reply to Help for withdrawal symptoms, posted by apriely on September 5, 2005, at 16:32:56
Ohhh no!!!! That totally sucks!!! you are going to be no good to anyone unless you taper off slower. I know how it feels, eww and my eyeballs are spinning for you!!
How many pills do you have left? If none try to get some sample from your Dr. at LEAST 10 75mg pills (20 would be ideal!)
For every 37.5 mg there are approx 100 little white balls in a capsule. That means at 75mg you were taking 200 white balls a day. If you lower your dose by 10 balls a day you would need 10 75mg pills. However to make this work you MUST save the extra white balls!!! Buy some empty gel caps at your local pharamcy to "re package your meds" Then sit down with your pills and some labeled plastic baggies marked days 1-20. Carefully open a pill and pour out the correct # of balls for that day into an empty gel cap for it's corrosponding day. Close the little buggers put them in their days baggie and go to the next day
Ex:
day 1 take out 10 little white balls put them in empty gel cap for day 20
day 2 take out 20 little white balls put them in empty gel cap for day 19
day 3 take out 30 little white balls put them in empty gel cap for day 18
day 4 minus 40 into day 17
day 5 minus 50 into day 16
day 6 minus 60 into day 15
day 7 minus 70 into day 14
day 8 minus 80 into day 13
day 9 minus 90 into day 12
day 10 minus 100 into day 11...
and that should be your 20 days right thereIf you have 20 pills left though I'd recommend dropping by 5 white balls a day. Using the same process as above but by 5's it will take 40 days but it will be really close to withdrawls free!!
Good luck!!
Kimberly> > I have been on 75mg of effexor for almost a year. It has truly been a livesaver. It has worked amazingly for my anxiety. However, I have recently moved and started new employment and do not have insurance. I stopped taking the effexor 3 days ago. I feel so terrible! I am having dizziness, light headedness, nasuea , headaches, and just a weird feeling all over my body. I am especially depressed though. I am crying over everyhting and absolutely nothing!! I am getting angry at people for tiny things that normally would not upset me! I dont know what to do! Does anyone know how long these symptoms usually carry on? any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
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