Posted by mmcasey on May 7, 2003, at 14:56:56
In reply to Afraid to continue...scared to death to quit, posted by Dramatica on May 7, 2003, at 14:42:33
I don't think that you need to worry about the effect it having on your brain
chemistry. Tons of people take Effexor and it is a very safe drug.
But if you do want to go off of it because of the side effects,
I think that doing that will be okay. I know that a lot of people
have a very hard time going off it, but I went off of it a couple
of months ago and it was no problem at all. It is different
for everyone. But also, the times that you forgot to take it,
you missed an entire dose. But if you taper off it the withdrawal
effects should not be nearly so bad (like if for the first few
days you go down to 120mg, then 100, then 50 or something like that).
Those are just my thoughts. Good luck with whatever you decide.
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