Posted by Honda on August 17, 2003, at 18:23:55
In reply to Withdrawl Advice?, posted by zoobie on August 17, 2003, at 17:01:46
Hi Zoobie,
I'm just beginning to deal with some nasty side-effects of Effexor withdrawl...I was on it for about 8 months but experienced increasing apathy and weight-gain..I cut my dose down to just about 10 of the little time-release beads inside the capsule (!) to keep from having all of the yucky side-effects and STILL couldn't go to zero-dose without dizziness and "swooshing" in my head when I moved it. So, my prescriber put me on Prozac weekly (1 time-release capsule of 60 mg) which took away the side effects completely. I asked if I'd then have withdrawl effects when I quit the Prozac and was assured it would just "wash out of my system"...RIGHT. So now I have had 2 weeks of horrible vertigo, nausea, vomiting, tinitus and deafness in one ear which also feels like it's "plugged" but isn't. I'm seeing an ear specialist tomorrow and have been reading all about Meniere's disease since I have all of those symptoms now. If I had known ANY of this was possible I would have dealt with my initial depression some OTHER way but NOT with Effexor. Just be advised! And best of luck to you.
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