Posted by Katy on December 10, 2000, at 6:20:11
Greetings all - I'm a newcomer to this board, but have been much reassured by reading all the posts that I am not the only one out there dealing with this stuff. I only took Effexor XR 150mg for about 3 months (it helped a great deal, and I'm a veteran of the SSRI wars & have tried almost everything else) - I was going through a particularly bad patch of depression & felt I needed to go back on meds for awhile, but I can't stay on because I'm going to be trying to get pregnant in the next few months & don't want to add any risk factors.
Just stopped taking Effexor XR, after tapering down to 75mg/day for 2 weeks and 37.5mg/day for another 10 days. I've been off completely for a week now, and the withdrawal is getting WORSE BY THE DAY! Horrible, uncontrollable mood swings, crying jags that will not stop no matter what I do, the feeling of my eyes jumping around all the time, etc. etc. I have Ativan for when it gets really bad, but I don't want to get too friendly with it, for obvious reasons.
Can anyone shed some light on how long this withdrawal usually lasts? If I knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel - even a long tunnel - I could deal with it more easily. I'd appreciate any feedback you can offer me. You know, the most ironic part of all this is that I'm a sales rep for the drug company that makes Effexor - you would think they could give me a "get out of withdrawal free card" or something. Ah, well, enough rambling....many thanks in advance to anyone who responds.
poster:Katy
thread:50321
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