Posted by Emme on July 5, 2006, at 13:24:23 [reposted on July 5, 2006, at 22:39:29 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Withdrawl HELL from Effexor, posted by tracyunverzagt on July 5, 2006, at 13:03:30
> Yeah, I think i tapered right. I had originally been taking 350mg, and over three months, I would go down by 75 mg. at a time, and when I got to 75, I stayed on that for 3 weeks, went to half of that for two weeks, and then half of a half for a week, then stopped, I was at like 17 mgs.
It sounds like a good taper, but it might not be slow enough for your body. Try a smaller amount. Nibble at a little piece. I was taking mere crumbs when tapering off. Also, if you used Prozac to help you get off, you wouldn't have a negative trade-off. It would be temporary and prozac's long half life means it tends not to produce discontinuation symptoms.
> Now I am wondering if it's worth trying to go off of.
I think there's room for you to modify your taper strategy before you give up on going off of it.
> What a failure it makes me.
It doesn't make you a failure. It makes you someone who is having a hard time stopping Effexor, which is not uncommon. Good luck.
emme
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