Posted by LadyKate on April 13, 2006, at 2:01:51
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal crisis and anafrinil issues, posted by SLS on March 12, 2006, at 8:39:38
I have been tapering myself off of Effexor for about 3 weeks now....I've been on 75 for about a year. The xanax helps the daytime symptoms like the weird but not unpleasant electrical zings, fatigue, naseua, and (anyone else get angry?), but oh-my-freaking-god the nightmares are terrible!!! I've had nightmares in my lifetime but NOTHING like these...Its like I'm conscious and fighting for dear life to wake up, and then I wake up but my body is still asleep so I can see everything but I CANNOT MOVE. I just had one and woke up, caved, and took an effexor and a xanax. All I have is the effexor 75s so I've been taking like one every 4 days and thats as long as I can go before taking another one. I can handle everything but the nightmares....they are UNREAL.
On the positive side, the kidney problems that I have been having for the past year on Effexor have been disappearing. (Imagine that.) I've spent a lot of time at the doc for the past year about the kidney thing, and it wasn't until about page 36 of the effexor "fine print" medical study that I found that particular "side effect" and realized what the problem was...hence the decision to taper off.
Like I said, I can handle everything but the nightmares. Anyone had success getting past this part of the withdrawal??
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