Posted by King Vultan on July 26, 2004, at 16:49:41
In reply to Effexor XR WDs... How To Handle..., posted by lostCause on July 26, 2004, at 14:36:35
> So let's say you were already dumb enough to go two days "Cold Turkey" without "tapering" from 300mg's of Effexor XR/day.. and you are starting to have pretty severe reactions (like everyone else: zinging, heart palps, dizziness, confusion, etc.) do you a) jump back on it full force and then begin to taper, b) get on it half force, c) call the p-doc, or d) keep suffering in the hopes that the misery ends soon????
My choice would be d), I guess, because when I quit cold turkey from 150 mg/day of Effexor years ago, that was what I did. I was in a very debilitated state for a week but fortunately was on vacation, as I think I would have had a hard time working.On another occasion, I did taper off but suffered withdrawal symptoms at each drop in dosage. I would guess the total amount of withdrawal symptoms added up to about what I experienced when going off it all at once; it was just spread over a longer period of time.
I'll take the experience tapering off vs. cold turkey myself. I would also add that for me, Effexor withdrawal symptoms are not the most horrible thing in the universe, particularly if the drug is tapered. I would compare it in unpleasantness to a mild/moderate case of the flu.
Todd
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