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Posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
has anyone experienced this dizzy withdrawal. i was on the 75mg for 6 months then cut to 37 1/2 for the past month then took the med everyother day and now stoped for the third day and feel horrible , when will this stop ??? can anyone help
Posted by oracle on January 19, 2003, at 21:37:36
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
Taking Effexor every 3'd day or every other day is not effective to withdraw from it, in fact it may make things worse. Effexor's half life is less than a day. Restart at a lower dose and continue to taper.
Posted by CindyLou on January 19, 2003, at 21:49:31
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
Effexor withdrawal is horrible -- been there, done that. Sorry you are in the midst of it. However, my pdoc helped me tremendously by prescribing 25 mg. Effexor tablets. That way I was able to taper even more slowly. I took it every day ... 25 mg. for a week, then half a tablet for another week, then a quarter, etc. It really worked for me. (I think I recall having to take half in the a.m. and half in the p.m. because the 25 mg. tablets were not sustained release). Anyway, before that point, I also got stuck at 37.5 mg. The 25 mg. tablets did the trick.
Best of luck to you. You will make it through! Hang in there ...
cindy> has anyone experienced this dizzy withdrawal. i was on the 75mg for 6 months then cut to 37 1/2 for the past month then took the med everyother day and now stoped for the third day and feel horrible , when will this stop ??? can anyone help
Posted by jay on January 19, 2003, at 22:28:53
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
Hi...You really should try dimenhydrinate (Dramamine in the U.S...Gravol in Canada)..as it worked *perfectly* for me and nausea. I am not sure if you can get it in the U.S. without a prescription...but you can in Canada. I am not sure what the brand name is outside North America..but you should be able to find it, or any other anti-nausea drug elsewhere. (It's anti-nausea...anti-vertigo...and may make you a bit sleepy.) It works to almost kill Effexor withdrawal symptoms right away.
Good luck...
Jay
Posted by Ilene on January 20, 2003, at 13:23:53
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
> has anyone experienced this dizzy withdrawal. i was on the 75mg for 6 months then cut to 37 1/2 for the past month then took the med everyother day and now stoped for the third day and feel horrible , when will this stop ??? can anyone help
If my experience is typical it *will* stop in a few days. And according to what I've read you can use other meds to mask the withdrawal symptoms.
I tapered off Effexor over a few weeks. I think I was up to 150 mg., don't remember. I got hit by withdrawal 36 hours after the last dose. Vertigo and "electric shocks". I lay in bed without moving for 3 days, then started dragging myself around. It took a week or two for it to stop completely.
I was so pissed at my pdoc I didn't even call her. The *last* thing I wanted was more drugs. Maybe I should have, but I was taking 3 or 4 other psychotropics and felt like that was enough.
Posted by ayuda on January 22, 2003, at 6:57:50
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
> has anyone experienced this dizzy withdrawal. i was on the 75mg for 6 months then cut to 37 1/2 for the past month then took the med everyother day and now stoped for the third day and feel horrible , when will this stop ??? can anyone help
I was up to 225 mg of effexor xr, and when I switched to Lexapro, my doctor originally had me on a 3-week taper. I was so dizzy and my anxiety had me physically shaking, she ended up increasing the taper amount and having me on a slower taper of 6 weeks. It helps if you are tapering to another medication (when I tapered off Celexa the first time, I had no replacement med, and it took 2 months before I was no longer dizzy and didn't need some Celexa in my system). So go slower on the taper, and I hope that works out for you!
Posted by skycladgrrl on January 24, 2003, at 1:09:02
In reply to dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help, posted by kelmel on January 19, 2003, at 20:15:46
I had the exact same experience, and I can empathize with you, it was really horrible. what helped me was going VERY slowly. don't take it every other day yet. take it every day, but get a smaller dosage. i believe effexor comes in 25 mg too, and then you can break that in half. that's how i was able to wean off. email me with any ques. ive been through that dizzy withdrawal, it sucks
skycladgrrl@yahoo.com
Posted by bpgrrrl on January 25, 2003, at 12:28:18
In reply to Re: dizzy from withdrawal from effexor ..help » kelmel, posted by skycladgrrl on January 24, 2003, at 1:09:02
My dizziness lasted about one week. Thank God it's over.
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