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Posted by Darla on August 23, 2004, at 11:15:45
Okay I had this whole long speech last night.. but I forgot you had to register to send it. Then I accidentally deleted my copied version in my notepad.. oops
Anyway.. I was at 225 mg's
down to 150 for 5 days
down to 75 in 5 days
down to nothing for 5 (supposed to, not there yet)
Then supposed to go on paxil.I may not go on paxil...
Anyhow, its day 7 of withdrawal symptoms.. Its monday and my last dose of 75mg was supposed to be wed night (but i think it turned into thurs at 10am..)
withdrawal started last monday in full force.
I felt like i had pinched a nerve in my spine, causing back spasms w every move i made. I had 30 mins of nausea that monday morning. Followed by strep throat on tue or wed. By saturday morning i had nausea and thought it was the stomach flu. I had constipated diarrhea.. so i took laxatives, which seemed to worsen my 'flu'. I had never been so sick i nmy life, never for this long. My immune system is near great. Anyhow, reading this forum made me feel so much better!! I realised i had all these shared symtoms.. flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, "zaps", depression, crying, acne, apetite, loss of apetite, cravings, near orgasm-type feelings, hot cold flashes, long surreal dreams, nightmares, ... cant remember the rest...
I finally got over the nausea (90% of it) yesterday (sat) at about 4pm or so. Couldnt sleep last night ad woke up too early this morning. Now i feel the anxiety. oh goody.
I think my doctor, along w certain other doctors is an idiot. Smart, but uncaring. When you give yourself too many clients, you lose focus. You stop caring about individual needs. He didnt even tell me of the withdrawal symptoms. I htink its cause he didnt know of them. I know that docs are not robots and they cnt know everything.. but atleast research patients needs. Ppls lives are in their hands!! I dont think they see it that way anymore.. I think theyve become desensitized, like surgeons... we are now numbers and money.. we are no longer beings in need of help.
Or maybe ive been visiting the ones that wanted to become doctors for money (and because their family forced them into uni) not the ones that were in it to aid thers. Is there any humanitarians out there still?? Im losing hope in the human race...
Posted by Colleen D. on August 23, 2004, at 13:00:21
In reply to Effexor Withdrawal-225mg, posted by Darla on August 23, 2004, at 11:15:45
Because of Effexor's short half-life, you may need to taper for a longer period of time. I'd suggest at least 3 weeks on each lower dosage to eliminate most of the withdrawal symptoms you are experiencing. Best wishes!
Colleen
PPD, GAD and OCD
Posted by darla on August 23, 2004, at 16:34:31
In reply to In my opinion, you haven't tapered slowly enough. » Darla, posted by Colleen D. on August 23, 2004, at 13:00:21
RE: I went to the doctor today to get some answers on why he told me to taper so quick.. he said that he did that because i was to start paxil after the 5 day period... but i dont want to anymore.. i want to see where i am now. And if i stand corrrect that i dont have a chemically imbalanced depression... we'll see.. do you think he still should have tapered me slower? I think i do.. but Im no doc
> Because of Effexor's short half-life, you may need to taper for a longer period of time. I'd suggest at least 3 weeks on each lower dosage to eliminate most of the withdrawal symptoms you are experiencing. Best wishes!
>
> Colleen
> PPD, GAD and OCD
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