Posted by alli22314 on October 11, 2003, at 19:27:39
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news » ana, posted by katia on October 10, 2003, at 14:43:44
Effexor discontinuation can, indeed, be a very scary thing. The trick is to go VERY SLOWLY and ramp up on another AD med at the same time. I just went from 225mg to 0 over the course of several weeks. No kidding! I dropped down 37.5 every week but for the first 4 days of each week opened up a 37.5 capsule and took half of the granules (effectively, cutting down the Effexor by 18.75 every 4 days.)
I've been battling some light dizziness lately but seems I can make it diminish or go away with Benedryl.
I had no idea it was going to be this hard.
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