Posted by babyface on January 13, 2002, at 17:04:15
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? , posted by michelle a. on January 13, 2002, at 13:00:14
i had taken it before but had headaches, but this time around wasn't getting them. so she agreed. but the weaning off!!! i was on 150 mg (xr) and went to 75 for a week, then 37.5 for a week, and stopped (her directions). way too fast. very dizzy, to the point of being nausious (sp). so i then did 37.5 every other day for a week and then stopped. STILL had the side effects. so it came to just taking it when i couldn't stand it anymore, and now i'm off of it, but not without a lot of frustration and dizziness. i still get that feel-like-i'm-falling effect sometimes, but not as bad as before and very few and far between. to sum up: i didn't like it, but a lot of people have had success. if you do go on it and then decide that it isn't for you, just make sure to wean off, and it would be a good idea to have a psychiatrist do it, not a gp like i had. they go by the "book" and the book isn't always like real life. but my gp didn't know that because she's not a psychiatrist. good luck!!!!
Hi,
Just read your advice on going off Effexor slower than per week. I take 21/2 tablets of 75 mg a day.
My psych. told me to go off half a dose a week, do you think that that is slow enough?
I freak because I also feel the fuzzy head feeling after missing one dose a day so I am scared to go off to quick. Anyone have experience with going off half a dose a week?
Thanks for any feedback.
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