Posted by Tracee on September 22, 2003, at 6:52:02
In reply to Re: effexor xr, posted by loopylass on September 22, 2003, at 1:20:27
Hi all, Well, I finally did it. I tapered of the effexor-xr over a two week period and it's now been one week since I've finished.
I am surviving...just. The side effects haven't been fun. The heart racing and feeling of rubber bands twanging under my skin have been the most difficult.
I'm just taking one day at a time and would suggest the same to anyone thinking of going off.
I finally see the psychiatrist next Friday. I think I'll know by then whether I'm ready to try something else or if there is another way through this that doesn't include meds.
The counsellor I've been seeing in the interim to the psych. has suggested that my depression and range of side-effects have increased because I am no longer on a 'therapeutic' dose.
All I know, is that I don't mentally feel any better or worse than three weeks ago, when I was still on 225mg a day.
I don't feel that I'm a danger to anyone and therefore am content to just be me; warts and all.
poster:Tracee
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