Posted by soul love on January 18, 2006, at 22:30:45
I've been on effexor for 18mths. Had fantastic results being on it. Reduced my dose from 150 to 75mg about 6 months ago had some withdrawal effects but only lasted a coupl of days. Then 3 weeks ago started weaning off the 75mg. Went down to 50 for a week then 25mg for a week then stopped. During those 2 weeks I had the sever headaches, tiredness, electric shocks, ringing ears etc.... Now all that has stopped. The first 2 days after stopping were fine then I had severe vomitting and nausea, agitation, restlessness, anxiety, tightness in my stomach, loss of appetite, tearfulness, lethargy, dif sleeping, inability to concentrate and even suicidal thoughts briefly. I haven't been able to go to work or look after the kids or drive either. Hate being alone. I'm on day 6 now and still have all of this apart from the vomitting and nausea. Dr has given me valium to help me through the next 6 days. I'm worried about getting addicted to these but they reduce the symptoms from a 10 down to a 6. How long will these feelings last?????
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