Posted by jimmygold70 on December 26, 2002, at 13:03:44
In reply to Re: Effexor coming off of 5 years use. Help!, posted by mxgirl13 on December 23, 2002, at 9:58:48
You should move to a long-acting, cheap AD (i.e. Generic Prozac - $10-15/month) switch in that schedule:
1) Week 1 - 150mg Effexor XR + 20mg Prozac
2) Week 2 - 75mg Effexor XR + 40 mg Prozac
3) Week 3 - 75mg Effexor XR + 40 mg Prozac
4) Week 4 - No EffexorRisperdal might help you as well but it is pricey. In this case, you can add Klonopin (0.5 mg three time a day) for a couple of weeks, taking the dose down slowly over 2 weeks (1.5mg->1mg->0.5mg->Nothing).
I had luck with the above, and talking to some psychopharmacologists - they liked it.
Jimmy
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