Posted by Blissful_Girl_NOT on December 11, 2003, at 12:39:04
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - Life AFTER Effexor, posted by John2222 on December 11, 2003, at 8:49:38
Hey Roomy :-)
Wonderful to hear that you are getting off of this medication with no withdrawals symptoms. That is incredibly good news and it would be really great if you could keep posting with some updates as you proceed for the benefit of anyone else who needs to stop taking Effexor.
If this is working for you already, don't "improvise", stick with the plan that you have...sort of an if it ain't broke don't fix it approach.
Also, I'm a bit of a zealot about warning people against self-medication (taking doses of things that have not been prescibed, splitting capsules, etc., although splitting tablets or caplets is OK if they have been scored for splitting by the manufacturer). I used to work in the medical field and was shocked by the number of people we admitted who were there because they made a mistakes when self-medicating. If your dr. prescribes 18.75mg, then your pharmacist will split the capsules at no charge to you. But let the pharm. split the capsules because they will do it by weight, not by eye-balling the amount or by counting the grains inside the capsules (the grains all weigh different amounts). I just would not take the chance of self-medicating when it comes to drugs that effect your mental state...it's not worth the risk and it's free to have your pharm. do it for you (at least in Canada & the US).
-Bliss
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