Posted by justjustine on February 4, 2004, at 10:18:48
In reply to Re: Effexor w/d.....ack! Help!, posted by Laurajean on February 3, 2004, at 22:07:29
hi - i'm the one who has been touting vicodin for effexor withdrawal relief. i had some leftover from a back problem and started with that, then got more from a friend until i could get to my doctor, so i had been taking it for a week already by the time i got into my PCPs office.
i think it really depends on the doctor, and unfortunately i doubt many doctors will be willing to prescribe like this? (i ended up seeing my PCPs partner, and later the PCP got upset that her partner prescribed me the vicodin) seeing as how most don't even believe (or have simply never heard) that there is a horrible, horrible withdrawal syndrome that may be caused by discontinuing effexor.
for me, it helped so much that i was fully prepared to order it online, expense be damned. and if i couldn't have done that i probably would have been reduced to buying in the streets. yes, the withdrawal was that bad, and the vicodin helped that much! thank god i didn't have to go there.
i'm praying for everyone that ever even has to hear about this drug! good luck all!
p.s. i am now working with my psychiatrist, who is refilling my vicodin until i can taper off. i'm also on lots of pot, and ambien at night to sleep. but NO ssri's or other benzo stuff! yay! and i'm getting a new PCP.
> Hi everyone,
> Thank you so much for your help w/this.....it's good to know I'm not freaking going crazy! The first time I had any withdrawal symptoms I just missed ONE dose b/c I ran out and I got so horribly sick. It always seemed easier to stay on it than try to come off, but I don't want to be on any drug that messes this much w/my body.
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> Someone mentioned vicodin...did your doc prescribe it or did you have the good fortune of having some around? Is there any other otc stuff u can use to "take the edge off" the symptoms? I might try benadryl and I've been taking ibuprofen.
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> Also.....this might be a weird question...but i 'm 28; I've been on some form of psychotropic meds (mostly anti-d's) since I was 13. I've had virtually NO sex drive, which I blamed on past trauma. But I am now thinking it could equally be the fact I've on antidepressants since beginning puberty and that at the very least, it hasn't helped! Funny my docs have never been concerned....I am looking forward to seeing what happens as I come off. It will be my first time OFF psych meds in fifteen years! :)
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> Thanks again,
> laura
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