Posted by Penny on March 1, 2002, at 23:55:23
In reply to Trying to get off Effexor, posted by RIgirl on February 27, 2002, at 11:02:02
I was on 225 mgs of Effexor XR for about a year. Coming off it was bad, but, from other things I've read, it could have been worse. The weirdest part are what I call 'brain shocks' which aren't really painful (at least not for me) but very very strange & a little distressing. I think it took me about 2 months before I felt 'normal' again after coming off the meds. Unfortunately, I was only off Effexor six months before needing to resume meds due to a depression relapse. That time, my pdoc put me on Effexor and bumped the dosage up to my 225 pretty quickly (4 days on 75, 4 on 150, then 225) and the side effects of getting back on the meds were terrible. He switched me to Paxil, which I tolerated a little better but ended up not working at all for me, then Wellbutrin was added to augment the Paxil & now I'm on Celexa & Wellbutrin, and in the waiting mode.
May I ask why you are coming off the meds? Are you trying something else?
poster:Penny
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